Adam Storey Farrar
Adam Storey Farrar (born April 20, 1826 in London , † June 11, 1905 in Durham ) was a British clergyman of the Church of England and historian.
Live and act
Adam Storey Farrar was the son of Abraham Eccles Farrar, president of the Wesley Methodist Conference, and his second wife, Elizabeth née Storey. After training at the Liverpool Institute , he was enrolled at St Mary Hall in Oxford on June 21, 1844 , where he graduated as a Baccalaureus Artium in 1850. In 1851 Farrar won the first Arnold Prize for his essay The causes of the greatness and decay of the town of Carthage, named after Thomas Arnold . The following year he graduated with a Masters and became a Michel Fellow at Queen's College . In 1853 and 1854 Farrar won the Denyer Theological Prize for his essays .
1852 Farrar was a deacon and in 1853 as a priest ordained . In 1855 he was called as a teacher at Wadham College , Oxford and in 1858 as a preacher at the Chapel Royal in Whitehall . In 1864 Farrar graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity and Doctor of Divinity. In the same year he gave up his membership at Queen's College to marry Sarah Martha Wood (1824-1905), the daughter of the Wesleyan pastor Robert Wood. In 1864 he was appointed professor at the University of Durham . In 1878 he became canon of the local cathedral.
In 1858 Farrar became a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society . He made extensive trips through Europe and Asia Minor.
Fonts (selection)
- Science in Theology: Sermons before the University of Oxford . John Murray, London 1859 ( online ).
- A Critical History of Free Thought . John Murray, London 1862 ( online ).
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literature
- [Anon.], Rev. Sinéad Agnew: Farrar, Adam Storey (1826-1905). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Volume 19: Fane-Flatman. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861369-5 , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), As of 2004, accessed September 13, 2012.
- W. Sanday: Adam Storey Farrar . In: The Journal of Theological Studies . Volume os-VI, number 24, pp. 540-548 ( doi: 10.1093 / jts / os-VI.24.540 ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary Notices: Fellows: - Farrar, Adam Storey . In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . Volume 66, p. 174 ( online ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Farrar, Adam Storey |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British clergyman of the Church of England and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1826 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 11, 1905 |
| Place of death | Durham |