Robert Lawrence Ottley (2 September 1856 – 1 February 1933
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theologian.

Life

He was the son of Lawrence Ottley, Canon of

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. He was born in

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, and was educated by his sister Alice OttleyGillian Avery, 'Ottley, Alice (1840–1912)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200
retrieved 21 January 2017
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. The rest of his academic career up to 1933 was spent at

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. His undergraduate studies took place at Pembroke College, of which he became an Honorary Fellow in 1905. He was tutor at Christ Church in 1881, and Principal of

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from 1886. In 1890 he became Divinity

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. Then, in 1893 he became Principal of

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. During 1903, he was appointed

Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology The Regius Professorship of Moral and Pastoral Theology, together with the Regius Professorship of Ecclesiastical History, was founded at the University of Oxford by act of Parliament in 1840, and first filled in 1842. The act attached the chair to ...

, and also a Canon of Christ Church.

Works

He wrote: * ''Christian Ethics'' contributed t
''Lux Mundi''
(1890) * ''

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'' (1894)- see als
''text''
at Internet Archive
''The Doctrine of the Incarnation''
(1895)
''Aspects of the Old Testament''
the

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(1897)
''The Hebrew Prophets''
(1898)
''Short History of the Hebrews to the Roman Period''
(1901)
''The Grace of Life''
(1903)
''The Religion of Israel''
(1905)
''Christian ideas and ideals : an outline of Christian ethical theory''
(1909) * ''The Rule of Faith and Hope'' (1911)
''The Rule of Life and love: an exposition of the Ten Commandments''
(1913) * ''Christian Morals'' (1914)
''The Rule of Work and Worship: An Exposition of the Lord's Prayer''
(1915)
''Studies in the Confessions of St. Augustine''
(1919)

References

External links

* 1856 births 1933 deaths People from Richmond, North Yorkshire Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford English theologians Regius Professors of Moral and Pastoral Theology {{UK-reli-bio-stub