Herbert Brook Workman (1862–1951) was a leading Methodist and secretary of the

Wesleyan Methodist Secondary Schools Trust Wesleyan theology, otherwise known as Wesleyan–Arminian theology, or Methodist theology, is a theological tradition in Protestant Christianity based upon the ministry of the 18th-century evangelical reformer brothers John Wesley and Charles We ...

when they took over

Elmfield College Elmfield College, York (1864–1932), originally called Connexional College or Jubilee College (or School) in honour of the Primitive Methodist Silver Jubilee in 1860, was a Primitive Methodist college on the outskirts of Heworth, York, Engla ...

in 1928. Workman was born in London and educated at Kingswood School and Owens College, Manchester. He entered the Wesleyan ministry in 1885 and served as a circuit minister in England and Scotland until 1903 when he was appointed principal of Westminster College. In 1930 he was elected president of the

Wesleyan Conference Wesleyan theology, otherwise known as Wesleyan–Arminian theology, or Methodist theology, is a theological tradition in Protestant Christianity based upon the ministry of the 18th-century evangelical reformer brothers John Wesley and Charles We ...

. A distinguished historian, Workman was Cole Lecturer at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee in 1916 and temporary professor of Methodist Church history at the University of Chicago in 1927. He published extensively in the field of medieval church history as well as Methodism. Workman's nickname was "Prinny" and as he was a key figure in the closure of

, he came in for some satire when the closure was announced: several angry teachers at Elmfield drew a satirical coat-of-arms on the blackboard in the shape of an upturned dustbin with Dr Workman's legs protruding over the motto "'' Prinny suncus tiperi ashes''" (Booth: 40).

Publications of H.B. Workman

*1886?: ''Persecution in the Early Church'' *1898 & 1912: ''The Church of the West in the Middle Ages'' *1901: ''The Dawn of the Reformation'', Vols 1 & 2 *1904: ''The Letters of John Hus'' (with Robert Martin Pope) *1906: ''Persecution in the Early Church: a chapter in the history of renunciation'' *1908: ''Recent Light on the New Testament'' *1909: ''A New History of Methodism'' (with illustrations and a bibliography by William John Townsend, George Eayrs) *1910: ''The Martyrs of the Early Church'' *1911: ''Christian Thought to the Reformation'' *1912, 1917 ''Methodism'' *1913: ''The Evolution Of The Monastic Ideal From The Earliest Times Down To The Coming Of The Friars'' *1913, 1915 ''The Martyrs of the Early Church'' *1916: ''The Foundation of Modern Religion: A Study in the Task and the Contribution of the Medieval Church (The Cole lectures of 1916 delivered before Vanderbilt University)'' *1921: ''The Place of Methodism in the Catholic Church'' *1926: ''

John Wyclif John Wycliffe (; also spelled Wyclif, Wickliffe, and other variants; 1328 – 31 December 1384) was an English scholastic philosopher, theologian, biblical translator, reformer, Catholic priest, and a seminary professor at the University of O ...

: A study of the Medieval Church'' *1929: ''Wyclif Select English Writings'' (with Herbert E. Winn) *1936: ''John Wesley and Education'' by Alfred H. Body. ''Foreword'' By H.B. Workman *1960: ''Persecution in the Early Church''

Sources

* ''

Encyclopedia of World Methodism An encyclopedia (American English) or encyclopædia (British English) is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge either general or special to a particular field or discipline. Encyclopedias are divided into articles ...

'' (1974)

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Workman, Herbert Brook 1862 births 1951 deaths English Methodist ministers James Tait Black Memorial Prize recipients Vanderbilt University faculty University of Chicago staff British expatriates in the United States