Christopher Wordsworth (born

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, 26 March 1848; died

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30 January 1938) was an English liturgiologist and author.

Early life and education

He was the second son of Susanna Hatley Frere (1811–1884) and Bishop

Christopher Wordsworth Christopher Wordsworth (30 October 180720 March 1885) was an English intellectual and a bishop of the Anglican Church. Life Wordsworth was born in London, the youngest son of Christopher Wordsworth, Master of Trinity, who was the youngest b ...

, and a grandson of

, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. His elder sister,

Elizabeth Wordsworth Dame Elizabeth Wordsworth (1840–1932) was founding Principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford and she funded and founded St Hugh's College. She was also an author, sometimes writing under the name Grant Lloyd. Life Wordsworth was born in 18 ...

, was the founding Principal of

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. Wordsworth attended

Winchester College Winchester College is a public school (fee-charging independent day and boarding school) in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded by William of Wykeham in 1382 and has existed in its present location ever since. It is the oldest of the ...

, graduated from

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge ...

, and was a

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from 1870 to 1878. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900,

John Venn John Venn, Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, FSA (4 August 1834 – 4 April 1923) was an English mathematician, logician and philosopher noted for introducing Venn diagrams, which are used in l ...

John Archibald Venn John Archibald Venn (10 November 1883 – 15 March 1958) was a British economist. He was President of Queens' College, Cambridge, from 1932 until his death, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University 1941–1943, university archivist, and a ...

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br>(10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752-1900 Vol. vi. Square–Zupitza, (1954) p579
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Career

He was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform va ...

in 1872. In 1874 he married Mary, daughter of the Rev. Andrew Reeve, vicar of

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, Dorset. He served

curacies A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy ...

Alvechurch Alvechurch ( ) is a large village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove district in northeast Worcestershire, England, in the valley of the River Arrow. The Lickey Hills Country Park is 2.5 miles (4 km) to the northwest. It is south of Birmi ...

and

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, and incumbencies at

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Tyneham Tyneham is a ghost village abandoned in 1943 and former civil parish, now in the civil parish of Steeple with Tyneham, in south Dorset, England, near Lulworth on the Isle of Purbeck. In 2001 the civil parish had a population of 0. The civil par ...

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and

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. He was

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Lincoln Cathedral Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln Minster, or the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln and sometimes St Mary's Cathedral, in Lincoln, England, is a Grade I listed cathedral and is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Lincoln. Constructio ...

from 1917 to 1928, and of

Salisbury Cathedral Salisbury Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury, England. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Salisbury and is the seat of the Bishop of Salisbury. The buildi ...

from 1917 until his death. Among other roles he was Master of St Nicholas' Hospital,

Harnham Harnham is a suburb of the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England, centred about south of Salisbury Cathedral and across the River Avon. Harnham is split into the areas of West Harnham and East Harnham. History Early history The area has h ...

, Salisbury from 1895 to 1937, and Librarian of Salisbury Cathedral from 1913 to 1936.

Selected works

The

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catalogue has 39 of Wordsworth's works, including: * "

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in the Eighteenth Century", 1874 * "Scholae Academicae", 1877 * " Sarum Breviary" 3 vols, 1879–86 * " Pontificale of

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", 1885 * "

Statutes", 3 vols, 1892–97 * "

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Charles I Charles I may refer to: Kings and emperors * Charlemagne (742–814), numbered Charles I in the lists of Holy Roman Emperors and French kings * Charles I of Anjou (1226–1285), also king of Albania, Jerusalem, Naples and Sicily * Charles I of ...

and Tracts of Clement Maydeston", 1892–94 * "Mediaeval Services", 1898 * "Sarum Pye and Salisbury Processions", 1901
"St Nicholas' Hospital, Salisbury, Charters"
1903 * "

Statutes", 1915

References

1938 deaths 1848 births 19th-century English Anglican priests Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Anglican liturgists Fellows of Peterhouse, Cambridge People from Westminster {{ChurchofEngland-clergy-stub 19th-century Anglican theologians 20th-century Anglican theologians