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British bishop (1819–1905)
Ellicott as caricatured by Spy (
Leslie Ward ), July 1885.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905) was a distinguished English Christian
theologian ,
academic and churchman. He briefly served as
Dean of Exeter ,
[1] then Bishop of the united
see of
Gloucester and Bristol .
Early life and family
Ellicott was born in
Whitwell, Rutland on 25 April 1819.
[2] He was educated at
Stamford School and
St John's College, Cambridge .
[3]
He married Constantia Ann Becher at
St Marylebone Parish Church , London on 31 July 1848.
[4] One of their children was the composer
Rosalind Ellicott .
[5]
Ecclesiastical career
Following his
ordination into the
Anglican ministry in 1848, he was
Vicar of
Pilton, Rutland and then
Professor of Divinity at
King's College London and
Hulsean Professor of Divinity at
Cambridge . The chancel of
St Nicholas' Church, Pilton was rebuilt in 1852 in 13th-century style.
In 1861, he was appointed
Dean of Exeter . Two years later he was nominated the bishop of the See of
Gloucester and Bristol on 6 February and
consecrated on 25 March 1863.
[6] In 1897, Bristol was removed from Diocese,
[7] but he continued as
Bishop of Gloucester until resigning on 27 February 1905.
[8] He died in
Kent on 15 October 1905, aged 86.
[9]
Works
Historical Lectures on the Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ: Being the Hulsean Lectures for the Year 1859. With Notes, Critical, Historical, and Explanatory , 1862
Destiny of the Creature , 1865
Historical Lectures on the Life of Christ , 1870
Modern Unbelief, its Principles and Characteristics , 1877
Spiritual Needs in Country Parishes , 1888
Sacred Study
An Old Testament Commentary for English Readers , 1897 (Editor)
A New Testament Commentary for English Readers , 1878
St Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians: With a Critical and Grammatical Commentary , 1887
Our Reformed Church and its Present Troubles , 1897
Some Present Dangers for the Church of England , 1878
Addresses on the Revised Version of Holy Scripture , 1901
Christus comprobator ; or, The testimony of Christ to the Old Testament : seven address , 1892
Considerations on the revision of the English version of the New Testament , 1870
Notes
^
The Times , Wednesday, 3 July 1861; pg. 6; Issue 23975; col A New Dean of Exeter
^
"Who was Who" 1897-1990 London,
A & C Black , 2007
ISBN
0-7136-3457-X
^
"Ellicott, Charles John (ELCT837CJ)" . A Cambridge Alumni Database . University of Cambridge.
^
The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle... a Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs . Simpkin, Marshall & Company. 1848. p. 566.
^ "Mrs Ellicott". The Times (40455). London, England: 10. 24 February 1914.
^
Fryde et al. 1986 , Handbook of British Chronology , pp. 232 and 249.
^
Fryde et al. 1986 , Handbook of British Chronology , p. 232.
^
Fryde et al. 1986 , Handbook of British Chronology , p. 249.
^
The Times , Monday, 16 October 1905; pg. 5; Issue 37839; col B Death of Bishop Ellicott.
Bibliography
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
ISBN
0-521-56350-X .
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