Christopher Wordsworth (liturgiologist)

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Christopher Wordsworth (born Westminster, 26 March 1848; died Salisbury 30 January 1938) [1] was an English liturgiologist [2] and author.

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Early life and education

He was the second son of Susanna Hatley Frere (1811–1884) and Bishop Christopher Wordsworth, [3] and a grandson of Christopher Wordsworth, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. [4] His elder sister, Elizabeth Wordsworth, was the founding Principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. [5]

Wordsworth attended Winchester College, graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge, and was a fellow of Peterhouse from 1870 to 1878. [6]

Career

He was ordained in 1872. [7] In 1874 he married Mary, daughter of the Rev. Andrew Reeve, vicar of Kimmeridge, Dorset. [6] He served curacies in Alvechurch and St Giles' Church, Cambridge, and incumbencies at Glaston, Tyneham, [8] East Holme and Marlborough. He was Chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral from 1917 to 1928, [9] and of Salisbury Cathedral from 1917 until his death. [10] Among other roles he was Master of St Nicholas' Hospital, Harnham, Salisbury from 1895 to 1937, and Librarian of Salisbury Cathedral from 1913 to 1936. [6]

Selected works

The British Library catalogue has 39 of Wordsworth's works, [11] including:

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References

  1. "Wordsworth, Christopher" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 26 December 2018.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. "The Living Church, Volume 46" p632: Milwaukee; Young Churchman Co; 1911
  3. Wikisource-logo.svg One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Wordsworth, Christopher". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 825.
  4. Wikisource-logo.svg One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : "Wordsworth, Christopher". Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  5. "Wordsworth, Dame Elizabeth [pseud. Grant Lloyd] (1840–1932), college head" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37024. ISBN   978-0-19-861412-8 . Retrieved 30 September 2022.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. 1 2 3 Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752-1900 Vol. vi. Square–Zupitza, (1954) p579
  7. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30 p1447: London: University Press, 1929
  8. Wright, Patrick (2005). The Village That Died for England. Faber & Faber, Limited. ISBN   978-0-571-21441-9.
  9. 'Canon Wordsworth' The Times (London, England), 31 January 1938, Issue 47906, p.14
  10. "Daly, Henry Varian" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 15 December 2017.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  11. "Author search: Wordsworth, Christopher, 1848–1938". British Library. Retrieved 14 February 2021.