Henry Wace (priest)

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ChurchChurch of England
Ordained1861
Academic background
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

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

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Church of England titles
Preceded by Dean of Canterbury
1903–1924
Succeeded by
Academic offices
Preceded by Bampton Lecturer
1879
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Principal of King's College, London

1883–1897
Succeeded by
Other offices
Preceded by
Warburton Lecturer
1894–1898[citation needed]
Succeeded by