William Emery Barnes
William Emery Barnes FRSE (1859–1939) was an English academic,[1] most notably Hulsean Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge from 1901 until 1934.[2]
William Emery Barnes | |
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| Born | William Emery Barnes 26 May 1859 |
| Died | 17 August 1939 (aged 80) |
| Spouse(s) | Georgina de Horne (m. 1890) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Peterhouse, Cambridge |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | |
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Education
Barnes was educated at Islington Proprietary School and Peterhouse, Cambridge.
Career
He was ordained in 1884 and served his title at St John's Church, Waterloo. He was a Lecturer in Hebrew at Clare College, Cambridge from 1885 to 1894; and in Divinity at Peterhouse, Cambridge from 1889 to 1901. He was Dean of Peterhouse from 1920 to 1921; Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Peterborough from 1920 to 1927; and Canon Theologian of Leicester from 1932 until his death.[3]
Publications
- Canonical and Uncanonical Gospels, 1893
- The Peshitta Text of Chronicles, 1897
- The Psalms in the Peshitta Version, 1904
- Lex in Corde (studies in the Psalter), 1910
- Early Christians at Prayer, 1925
- The Forgivenesses of Jesus Christ, 1936
References
- 'Deaths' Saturday, Aug. 19, 1939 The Times Issue: 48388
- "Barnes, William Emery". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 14 December 2020. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- Crockford's Clerical Directory 1938 p66: Oxford; OUP; 1938
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| Preceded by Herbert Edward Ryle |
Hulsean Professor of Divinity 1887–1901 |
Succeeded by Francis Crawford Burkitt |
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