The Reverend

Charles Swainson
Born
Charles Anthony Swainson

(1820-05-29)29 May 1820
Liverpool, England
Died15 September 1887(1887-09-15) (aged 67)
TitleMaster of Christ's College, Cambridge (1881–1887)
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Anglican)
ChurchChurch of England
Ordained
  • 1843 (deacon)
  • 1844 (priest)
Academic background
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Academic work
DisciplineTheology
Institutions

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.

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]

Works

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's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. 1882. p. 1552.
  4. ^ "Swainson, Charles Anthony (SWN837CA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. ^ "Charles Anthony Swainson". anglicanhistory.org. Retrieved 6 May 2023.

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Academic offices Preceded by Principal of Chichester Theological College 1854–1870 Succeeded byArthur Rawson Ashwell Preceded byHarvey Goodwin Hulsean Lecturer 1857–1858 Succeeded byCharles Ellicott Preceded byHarold Browne Norrisian Professor of Divinity 1864–1879 Succeeded byJ. Rawson Lumby Preceded byJ. B. Lightfoot Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity 1879–1887 Succeeded byF. J. A. Hort Preceded byJames Cartmell Master of Christ's College, Cambridge 1881–1887 Succeeded byJohn Peile Preceded byNorman Macleod Ferrers Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1885 Succeeded byCharles Taylor


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