Charles Swainson

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Charles Swainson
Born
Charles Anthony Swainson

(1820-05-29)29 May 1820
Liverpool, England
Died15 September 1887(1887-09-15) (aged 67)
Title Master of Christ's College, Cambridge (1881–1887)
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Anglican)
Church Church of England
Ordained
  • 1843 (deacon)
  • 1844 (priest)
Academic background
Alma mater Trinity College, Cambridge

Charles Anthony Swainson (1820–1887) was an English Anglican theologian, Principal of Chichester Theological College, [1] Norrisian Professor of Divinity, and subsequently Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity, Master of Christ's College, Cambridge, and a canon of Chichester. [2] His published works deal mainly with the Eastern liturgies and the creeds.

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Life

He was the second son of Anthony Swainson of Liverpool, a merchant and brother of Charles Swainson of Preston. [3] He was educated at the Royal Institution of Liverpool's school, and matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1837, graduating BA in 1841, MA in 1844, and DD in 1864. [4]

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References

  1. "Access to Archives". The National Archives. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  2. "Swainson, Charles Anthony (SWN837CA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. Burke, Bernard (1882). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. p. 1552.
  4. "Swainson, Charles Anthony (SWN837CA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. "Charles Anthony Swainson". anglicanhistory.org. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
Academic offices
Preceded by
Principal of Chichester Theological College
1854–1870
Succeeded by
Preceded by Hulsean Lecturer
1857–1858
Succeeded by
Preceded by Norrisian Professor of Divinity
1864–1879
Succeeded by
Preceded by Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity
1879–1887
Succeeded by
Preceded by Master of Christ's College, Cambridge
1881–1887
Succeeded by
Preceded by Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
1885
Succeeded by