Charles William Stubbs DD (3 September 18454 May 1912) was an

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clergyman Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding over specific rituals and teaching their religion's doctrines and practices. Some of the ter ...

. He was born in

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and educated at the

Liverpool Collegiate Institution Liverpool Collegiate School was an all-boys grammar school, later a comprehensive school, in the Everton, Liverpool, Everton area of Liverpool. Foundations The Collegiate is a striking, Grade II listed building, with a facade of pink Woolton sa ...

and

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. As a clergyman he held several incumbencies, among them rector at

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and

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. He took a great interest in the working classes and in social subjects, and was

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both in his

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and in his

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opinions. He was

Dean of Ely The position of Dean of Ely Cathedral, in East Anglia, England, in the Diocese of Ely was created in 1541 after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The first Dean of Ely had been the last Benedictine prior of Ely. List of deans Early modern ...

1894 to 1906 when he was appointed the fourth

Bishop of Truro The Bishop of Truro is the ordinary (diocesan bishop) of the Church of England Diocese of Truro in the Province of Canterbury. History There had been between the 9th and 11th centuries a Bishopric of Cornwall until it was merged with Crediton ...

. His daughter Meriel married the organist and composer Thomas Tertius Noble.Trinity College, "Trinity College Bulletin, May 1953" (1953), ''Trinity College Bulletins and Catalogues (1824-present)''
Vol. L, New Series No. 4. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

Quotations

*"To sit alone with my conscience will be judgment enough for me."

Selected works

* ''God and the People: the religious creed of a democrat, being selections from the writings of Joseph Mazzini''; 2nd ed. 1896;

G W E Russell George William Erskine Russell PC (3 February 1853 – 17 March 1919) was a British biographer, memoirist and Liberal politician. Background and education Russell was born in London, England, on 3 February 1853, the youngest son of Lord Ch ...

, ''A Pocketful of Sixpences'', London 1907, p 92 * ''Co-operation & Owenite Socialist Communities/The Land and the Labourers'' (1884) *
The Land and the Labourers
' (1893) * ''

Charles Kingsley Charles Kingsley (12 June 1819 – 23 January 1875) was a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. He is particularly associated with Christian socialism, the working ...

and the

Christian Social Movement Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρισ ...

'' (1899) * ''Social Teachings of the

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'' (1900)
''In a Minster Garden: A Causerie''
(1902) * Castles in the Air. And Other Poems Old and New. ( Dent, 1903)'' *
The Christ of English Poetry
' (1906) *
Cambridge and its Story
' (1912) * Hymns, including ''Christ was born on Christmas Night'' and '' Carol of King Cnut''

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