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Samuel Drake (antiquary)
Samuel Drake (1687/8–1753) was an English Anglican clergyman and antiquary, and elder brother of Francis Drake (antiquary), Francis Drake. He proceeded M.A. at St. John's College, Cambridge, 1711, and D.D., 1724. He was rector of Treeton, Yorkshire, 1728–53, and vicar of Holme-on-Spalding Moor, 1733–53. He wrote on Christian ritual, and edited Bartholomew Clerke's Latin translation of Castiglione's ''The Book of the Courtier, Courtier'', 1713. Life Samuel Drake was born in Pontefract in 1687 or 1688,Westby-Gibson; Marchand 2004. although some older sources give the earlier date of .Westby-Gibson 1888, p. 450. He was baptised on 23 April 1688, the son of Francis Drake, vicar of Pontefract, and elder brother of the historian Francis Drake (antiquary), Francis Drake. His grandfather was Samuel Drake (divine), Samuel Drake, the Anglican divine. He graduated at St. John's College, Cambridge: Bachelor of Arts, B.A. 1707, Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin), M.A. 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Reverend
The Reverend is an style (manner of address), honorific style most often placed before the names of Christian clergy and Minister of religion, ministers. There are sometimes differences in the way the style is used in different countries and church traditions. ''The Reverend'' is correctly called a ''style'' but is often and in some dictionaries called a title, form of address, or title of respect. The style is also sometimes used by leaders in other religions such as Judaism and Buddhism. The term is an anglicisation of the Latin ''reverendus'', the style originally used in Latin documents in medieval Europe. It is the gerundive or future passive participle of the verb ''revereri'' ("to respect; to revere"), meaning "[one who is] to be revered/must be respected". ''The Reverend'' is therefore equivalent to ''The Honourable'' or ''The Venerable''. It is paired with a modifier or noun for some offices in some religious traditions: Lutheran archbishops, Anglican archbishops, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |