Armitage Robinson
Vanity Fair
, December 1905
Joseph Armitage Robinson KCVO FBA (9 January 1858 – 7 May 1933) was a priest in the Church of England and scholar. He was successively Dean of Westminster (1902–1911) and of Wells (1911–1933).
Biography
Robinson was born the son of a poor vicar in
MA degree in 1884, was made Bachelor of Divinity (BD) in 1891, and Doctor of Divinity (DD) in 1896.[2]
His first ecclesiastical posting was a domestic chaplain to
Cambridge University, serving as such until 1899, during which he was also a prebendary of Wells Cathedral. He served as rector of St Margaret's, Westminster 1899–1900, and was appointed a canon of Westminster in 1899, serving until his appointment as dean.[2]
In January 1902 he was appointed a
coronation of the King in August. Bradley resigned the following month, and the King appointed Robinson Dean of Westminster in early October,[2][4] followed by a formal installation in Westminster Abbey on 28 October 1902.[5] As Dean of Westminster, he was in November 1902 appointed Acting Chaplain to the Queen's Westminsters, the largest volunteer corps in London.[6][7]
Robinson was
Lord High Almoner
from 1906 to 1933.
He served at Westminster until he was appointed
George V
.
As
Glastonbury Festival had revived attention. A renowned scholar in patristics (he was particularly known for his work on the Lausiac History and for having been the first person to translate into English the newly discovered work by Irenaeus The Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching), Armitage Robinson was a participant in the bilateral Anglican-Roman Catholic Malines Conversations
.
He held honorary doctorates from
Halle (Hon. D.Theol., 1894).[2]
He was appointed
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in 1932, and died at Upton Noble
, Somerset, on 7 May 1933 aged 75.
Works
- Encyclopaedia Biblica (contributor), 1903.
- St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians, A revised text and translation with exposition and notes London 1903, Second Edition 1904.
- The Lausiac History of Palladius (Texts and Studies, vol. vi),Cambridge 1904.
- (with Cuthbert Butler) The Lausiac History of Palladius, 1918.
- The Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching (translated from the Armenian with introduction and notes), 1920
- The Saxon Bishops of Wells, London, 1919.
- Somerset Historical Essays, Oxford,1921.
- The Times of St. Dunstan, Oxford, 1923.
- Two Glastonbury Legends: King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea, Cambridge 1926. Reprinted in 2010 by ISBN 978-1-169-68948-0
References
- ^ "Robinson, Joseph Armitage (RBN877JA2)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b c d "The Deanery of Westminster". The Times. No. 36897. London. 13 October 1902. p. 9.
- ^ "No. 27393". The London Gazette. 3 January 1902. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 27486". The London Gazette. 21 October 1902. p. 6647.
- ^ "Installation of the Dean of Westminster". The Times. No. 36911. London. 29 October 1902. p. 10.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36935. London. 26 November 1902. p. 12.
- ^ "No. 27501". The London Gazette. 5 December 1902. p. 8447.
- Taylor, T. F. (1991). J. Armitage Robinson. Cambridge: James Clarke. pp. 144 pp. OCLC 25632121.
- Creed, John Martin (1930s). Joseph Armitage Robinson, 1858–1933. From the proceedings of the British Academy. Volume XX. London: Milford. pp. 14 p., 27 cm. OCLC 24684382.
- Canadian Press (9 May 1933). "Dr. Robinson Dead; Ex-Dean of Wells; Dared to Cross Opinions With Late King Edward Over Plans for Coronation". The New York Times. p. 17. Retrieved 21 July 2008.
- Taylor, T. F. (September 2008) [2004]. "Robinson, Joseph Armitage (1858–1933)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35797. Retrieved 4 November 2009. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
External links
- Works by Armitage Robinson at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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