Forrest Browne

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Forrest Browne (1907)

Forrest George Browne (born December 4, 1833 in York , England , † June 1, 1930 in Bexhill-on-Sea ) was an English bishop and first suffragan bishop of Stepney .

life and career

Browne attended St Peter's School in York and then St Catharine's College , University of Cambridge . Browne began his career as a lecturer and chaplain at St Catharine's .

In 1887 he went to Disney Professor of Archeology for five years and joined Ashley's church hierarchy in 1891. In 1895 he was then suffragan bishop of Stepney and then Bishop of Bristol until 1914. In 1921 he became an honorary member of the British Academy .

Browne was also active as an academic writer and published several writings.

Publications

  • 1879: The Venerable Bede
  • 1889: The Ilam Crosses
  • 1893: Lessons from Early English Church History
  • 1894: The Christian Church in these Islands before the Coming of Augustine
  • 1902: History of St Catharine's College
  • 1915: The Recollections of a Bishop

literature

  • Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/09 (=  Crockford's Clerical Directory . No. 100 ). Church House Publishing, London 2007, ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0 , pp. 1145 (English).
  • Who Was Who: Cumulated Index. 1897-1990 . 2nd edition. A. & C. Black Publishers Ltd., London 1991, ISBN 0-7136-3457-X , pp. 850 (English).

Web links

Commons : George Forrest Browne  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Browne, George Forrest . In: John Archibald Venn (Ed.): Alumni Cantabrigienses . A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Part 2: From 1752 to 1900 , Volume 2 : Chalmers – Fytche . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1944, pp. 414 ( venn.lib.cam.ac.uk Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  2. ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed May 10, 2020 .
predecessor Office successor
Office was created Bishop of Stepney
1895–1897 		Arthur Winnington-Ingram
Charles Ellicott Bishop of Bristol
1897–1914 		George Nickson
personal data
SURNAME Browne, Forrest
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Browne, Forrest George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English bishop
DATE OF BIRTH December 4, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH York , England
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 1930
Place of death Bexhill-on-Sea