Henry Wace (priest)
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Church | Church of England |
Ordained | 1861 |
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King's College, London |
Henry Wace (10 December 1836–9 January 1924) was an English
Protestant churchman of deep scholarship, and a stout champion of the Reformation settlement".[1]
Early life and education
Wace was born in
King's College, London, and Brasenose College, Oxford (BA literae humaniores and mathematics, Honorary Fellow
1911).
Career
He took
Warburton Lecturer
for 1896.
In 1875, he became Professor of Ecclesiastical History at
Principal (1883–97). He was Rector of St Michael's, Cornhill 1896–1903 and Dean of Canterbury from 1903 until his death in 1924. He is buried in the courtyard of the great cloister of the cathedral
.
Writings
He wrote, contributed to, and edited, many publications in
ecclesiastical history. His best-known work, of widest application, is the Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the Principal Sects and Heresies, written in collaboration with William Smith
.
He worked with Philip Schaff on the second series of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers.[2][3]
From 1902 to 1905 he was editor of evangelical Anglican academic journal.[4]
Other accomplishments
He delivered the Boyle Lectures in 1874 and 1875 and the Bampton Lectures at the University of Oxford in 1879. He was Select Preacher at Oxford in 1880–81 and 1907 and at Cambridge in 1876, 1891, 1903, and 1910.
He was appointed
Bible Churchmen's Missionary Society and was its Vice-President from 1923 until his death on 9 January 1924, following a road traffic accident.[1]
Publications
- Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the Principal Sects and Heresies
- The War and the Gospel: Sermons & Addresses During the Present War (1917)
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36669. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Christian Classics Ethereal Library website, NPNF1-09. St. Chrysostom: On the Priesthood; Ascetic Treatises; Select Homilies and Letters; Homilies on the Statutes by Philip Schaff (review)
- ^ Reformed Christian Books website, Nicene and Post Nicene Fathers, Second Series
- ^ "The First Century of The Churchman" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.