Sir Edwyn Clement Hoskyns, 13th Baronet, (9 August 1884 – 28 June 1937) was an English Anglican priest and theologian.

Career

Hoskyns was born on 9 August 1884 in

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, the eldest child and only son of Bishop Edwyn Hoskyns and his wife Mary Constance Maude Benson. He was educated at

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and

Wells Theological College Wells Theological College began operation in 1840 within the Cathedral Close of Wells Cathedral. It was one of several new colleges created in the nineteenth century to cater not just for non-graduates, but for graduates from the old universiti ...

, graduating from the latter in 1907. Hoskyns was a fellow and Dean of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and a notable biblical scholar. On his father's death in 1925, he succeeded to the Hoskyns baronetcy. His influence on the next generation of clergymen was considerable, e.g., on

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, Christopher Evans, Donald Lynch, and C. K. Barrett. Hoskyns served in the Great War as a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces. He was commissioned in July 1915, and served in Egypt and France. He was described as 'A capable chaplain. Hard worker. Has made a good SCF (Senior Chaplain to the Forces).’ He was awarded the Military Cross, 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Under heavy shell fire he personally placed wounded in a safe place, and was solely responsible from preventing them falling into the hands of the enemy. He remained with them until all had been evacuated, being slightly wounded himself. Next day he showed conspicuous courage in tending wounded in an exposed position under heavy shell and machine-gun fire for nine hours without a break.'London Gazette, 23.7.1918 p8811 He died on 28 June 1937 in London and was buried in

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Writings

* ''The Riddle of the New Testament''. With Francis Noel Davey. London: Faber & Faber, 1931 * '' The Epistle to the Romans'', by Karl Barth; translated from the 6th edition by Edwyn C. Hoskyns. Oxford University Press, 1933 * ''Cambridge Sermons''. London: SPCK, 1938 * ''The Fourth Gospel''. London: Faber & Faber, 1940 * ''Crucifixion-Resurrection: The Pattern of the Theology and Ethics of the New Testament''. Edwyn Clement Hoskyns & Francis Noel Davey. London: SPCK, 1981.

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* * * * * 1884 births 1937 deaths 20th-century Anglican theologians 20th-century English male writers 20th-century Church of England clergy 20th-century English Anglican priests 20th-century English theologians Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge Anglo-Catholic biblical scholars Anglo-Catholic clergy Anglo-Catholic theologians Baronets in the Baronetage of England British biblical scholars Clergy from London English Anglo-Catholics English male non-fiction writers Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge New Testament scholars People from Notting Hill Recipients of the Military Cross {{England-theologian-stub