Wilbert Francis Howard, (30 December 1880 – 10 July 1952) was an English Methodist theologian, biblical scholar and clergyman. Born in

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on 30 December 1880,Cyril S. Rodd
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''A Dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Ireland''. Retrieved 10 March 2021. Howard came from a

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family. He attended

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, and the

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."Dr. W. F. Howard", ''

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'' (London), 12 July 1952, p. 6. He was a lay pastor in

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for a year and then worked at Didsbury College as assistant to the president. In 1919, he was appointed New Testament tutor at Handsworth College, where he remained until retiring in 1951; he was the college's principal from 1943 to 1951."Howard, Rev. Wilbert Francis"
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'' (online ed.,

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, 2007). Retrieved 10 March 2021. He was also

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of the

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in 1944 and, in a brief acting capacity, in 1946. Academically, he was interested in

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scholarship and edited the second volume of J. H. Moulton's ''Grammar of New Testament Greek''. He was the Dale Lecturer at

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, in 1940, and in 1946–47 was Select Preacher at the

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. He was awarded the

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in 1947 and was elected a

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in 1949."Revd Dr Wilbert Francis Howard FBA"
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''. Retrieved 10 March 2021. He died on 10 July 1952.

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