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William Emery Barnes

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William Emery Barnes
Born
William Emery Barnes

(1859-05-26)26 May 1859
Islington, England
Died17 August 1939(1939-08-17) (aged 80)
Exeter, England
Spouse
Georgina de Horne
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(m. 1890)​
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Anglican)
ChurchChurch of England
Ordained1884
Academic background
Alma materPeterhouse, Cambridge
Academic work
Discipline
Institutions

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]

Early life and education

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Barnes was born on 26 May 1859 in Islington. He was educated at Islington Proprietary School and Peterhouse, Cambridge.

Career

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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] on 17 August 1939 in Exeter.

Publications

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  • 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

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  1. ↑ 'Deaths' Saturday, Aug. 19, 1939 The Times Issue: 48388
  2. ↑ "Barnes, William Emery". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 14 December 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1938 p66: Oxford; OUP; 1938
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