Richard Kidder
Richard Kidder (baptized February 8, 1633 in East Grinstead , Sussex , † November 26, 1703 in Wells ) was a British theologian of the Church of England and Bishop of Bath and Wells .
Life
Kidder was the eighth of nine children of a saddler and studied from 1649 as a scholarship holder (Sizar) at Emmanuel College of the University of Cambridge with a bachelor's degree in 1652/53 and the Magister Artium in 1656. In 1655 he was a fellow of his college. 1659 until his dismissal for deviation from the prescribed doctrine in 1662 he was pastor (rector) of Stanground in Huntingdonshire and, after he had taken the oath of conformity, from 1664 to 1674 of Reyn Parva in Essex . In 1674 he became Preacher at the Rolls and he was Rector of St. Martin Outwich in London from 1674 to 1691 (awarded by the Merchants' Guild, Merchant Taylor's Company). He also had a benefice in Norwich from 1681 to 1691 and from 1689 to 1691 he was Dean of Peterborough Cathedral and during the same period royal chaplain to Queen Mary and William of Orange . From 1691 until his death he was Bishop of Bath and Wells. He died in the Bishops' Palace in Wells, Somerset, in the Great Storm of November 1703 when the chimney fell on his bed.
He is known as the author of theological writings, in particular A Demonstration of the Messias , which influenced the librettist of Handel's Messiah Charles Jennens and in which he also took up Joseph Mede's critical biblical interpretation that the book Zechariah had several authors. In 1694 his commentary on the five books of Moses appeared .
In 1690 he became DD (Doctor Divinitatis).
Parts of his autobiography appeared in 1829.
Fonts
- The Christian sufferer supported (1680)
- A demonstration of the Messiah. In which the Truth of the Christian Religion is Proved, Against All the Enemies Thereof; But Especially Against the Jews. In Three Parts (1684, 1699, 1700)
- A sermon upon the resurrection (1694)
- A Commentary on the Five Books of Moses: With a Dissertation Concerning the Author Or Writer of the said books and a general argument to each of them 1694 ( archive.org ).
- The life of the Reverend Anthony Horneck, late preacher at the Savoy. 1698 ( books.google.com.mx ).
- The holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments 1715 ( books.google.com.mx ).
- A Discourse Concerning Sins of Infirmity, and Wilful Sins, with Another of Restitution. (Reprint, 2010).
literature
- Kidder, Richard . In: John Venn , John Archibald Venn (eds.): 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 1: From the earliest times to 1751 , volume 3 : Kaile-Ryves . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1924, pp. 15 ( venn.lib.cam.ac.uk Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- William Marshall: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Online edition 2004.
- Stephen Hyde Cassan: Biography of Richard Kidder, 1829 ( theweald.org autobiography)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to his autobiography, he was baptized on February 8th, 1633; the New Year only began in England on March 25th (Old Style), so that he was baptized in 1634 according to today's calendar.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kidder, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British theologian and Bishop of Bath and Wells |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized February 8, 1633 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | East Grinstead , Sussex |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 1703 |
| Place of death | Wells |