Samuel Cheetham (priest)
Samuel Cheetham , DD, FSA (3 March 1827 – 9 July 1908) was an eminent Anglican priest and author[1] in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth.
Cheetham was born in Hambleton, Rutland and educated at Oakham School and Christ's College, Cambridge.[2][3] He was an Assistant Tutor of his old college from 1853 until 1858; and then professor of Pastoral Theology at King's College London until 1882,[4] during which time he was also Chaplain of Dulwich College. In 1879 he became Archdeacon of Southwark; and in 1882 of Rochester, a post he held until his death.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Amongst others he wrote "A History of the Christian Church during the First Six Centuries", 1894; "The Mysteries, Pagan and Christian", 1897; and "Mediæval Church History, a Sketch", 1899 > British Library website accessed 11:18 GMT 9 April 2012
- ^ University Intelligence The Times(London, England), Monday, 1 March 1847; pg. 8; Issue 19485
- ^ "Cheetham, Samuel (CHTN846S)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Who was Who" 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
- ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
- Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
External links
[edit]- Works by or about Samuel Cheetham at the Internet Archive
- Works by Samuel Cheetham at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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