- Charles Stubbs
-
Charles William Stubbs Born September 3, 1845
Liverpool, EnglandDied May 4, 1912 (aged 66)
Truro, EnglandEducation Liverpool Collegiate Institution; Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Church Church of England Offices held Dean of Ely, Bishop of Truro Title Very Reverend Notes Charles William Stubbs (September 3, 1845 – May 4, 1912) was an English clergyman.
He was born in Liverpool and educated at the Liverpool Collegiate Institution and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.[1] As a clergyman he held several incumbencies, among them rector at Wavertree and Granborough. He took a great interest in the working classes and in social subjects, and was liberal both in his political and in his theological opinions. He was Dean of Ely 1894 to 1906 when he was appointed the fourth Bishop of Truro.
His proper style was The Right Reverend Charles William Stubbs, D.D.Quotations
- "To sit alone with my conscience will be judgment enough for me."
Selected works
- Co-operation & Owenite Socialist Communities/The Land and the Labourers (1884)
- The Land and the Labourers (1893)
- Charles Kingsley and the Christian Social Movement (1899)
- Social Teachings of the Lord's Prayer (1900)
- The Christ of English Poetry (1906)
- Cambridge and its Story (1912)
- Hymns, including Christ was born on Christmas Night and Carol of King Cnut
References
- ^ Stubbs, Charles William in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.
Church of England titles Preceded by
John GottBishop of Truro
1906–1912Succeeded by
Winfrid Oldfield BurrowsPreceded by
Charles MerivaleDean of Ely
1893–1905Succeeded by
Alexander Francis KirkpatrickThis article about a Church of England bishop is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.