Arthur James Mason
Arthur James Mason (4 May 1851 – 24 April 1928) was an
Early life
The third son of George William Mason
Career
Mason was elected a fellow of Trinity College in 1873 and was a college tutor from 1874 to 1877,[1] when he went to Cornwall as Canon of Truro. His departure from Cambridge was at the urging of his friend Edward White Benson, who had been appointed as Bishop of Truro and wanted Mason to act as diocesan missioner.[7]
In 1884, after Benson had been translated to
As well as works on theology and biography, Mason wrote and translated hymns.[8] As "A. J. M.", he was a contributor to the Dictionary of National Biography.
Private life
On 11 January 1899, Mason married Mary Margaret, a daughter of the Rev. G. J. Blore
Arthur James Mason died at Canterbury on 24 April 1928.[12]
Major publications
- The Persecution of Diocletian, 1875[1]
- Commentary on Thessalonians and First Epistle of St Peter, 1879[1]
- The faith of the Gospel: a manual of Christian doctrine, 1887[1]
- The Relation of Confirmation to Baptism: as taught in Holy Scripture and the Fathers, 1893[1]
- The Conditions of our Lord’s Life upon Earth, 1896[1]
- Thomas Cranmer, 1898[1]
- Purgatory: The State of the Faithful Departed; Invocation of Saints (Hulsean Lecture for 1899)
- The Historic Martyrs of the Primitive Church, 1905[1]
- Memoir of Bishop Wilkinson, 1909[1]
- Life of William Edward Collins, Bishop of Gibraltar, 1912[1]
- The Church of England and Episcopacy, 1914[1]
- What Became of the Bones of St Thomas, 1920[1]
- Fifty Spiritual Homilies of St. Macarius the Egyptian', 1921
- Five Theological Orations of Gregory of Nazianzus (ed.)[1]
- History of the Papacy in the 19th Century, by Bishop Nielsen (ed.)[1]
Notes
- ^
- ^ Mackinnon, James P.; Shadbolt, Sydney Henry (1880). The South African Campaign, 1879. Samson, Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington. p. 101.
LIEUTENANT CHARLES EVELYN MASON, who died at Herwen on the 7th of April, 1879, was the fourth and youngest son of G. W. Mason, Esquire, of Morton Hall, Retford, Notts, and Marianne Atherton, his wife, daughter of Captain J. G. Mitford, E.I.C.S. ...
- ^ Pollock, Arthur William Alsager (1875). "Captain Joseph George Mitford". The United Service Magazine. 139: 3.
Captain Joseph George Mitford, late of the HEI Company's Service, died on September 2, at Morton Hall, Notts, aged 84.
- ^ "No. 30557". The London Gazette. 5 March 1918. p. 2781.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/58485. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Joseph George MITFORD at me.com, accessed 1 January 2012
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2139.required.)
His immediate task was to establish an identity for the diocese. To this end he brought with him A. J. Mason, as diocesan missioner, and G. H. Whitaker, who was given the role of establishing a theological college.
(Subscription or UK public library membership - ^ A. J. Mason Archived 2012-05-24 at the Wayback Machine at cyberhymnal.org, accessed 30 December 2011
- ^ Burke, Sir Bernard (1925). A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry. p. 1218.
...m. 11 Jan. 1899, Mary Margaret, dau. of the Rev. GJ Blore, DD, Hon. Canon of Canterbury, and has issue, 1. Paul, b. 11 June 1904. 2. Lancelot, b. 22 July 1905. X, Mildred, b. 7 June 1902.
- ^ The Times, Thursday, April 26, 1928, Issue 44877, p. 1, col. A
External links
- Bibliographic directory from Project Canterbury
- Works by or about Arthur James Mason at Internet Archive
- Works by Arthur James Mason at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)