Henry Melvill Gwatkin
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Reverend Henry Melvill Gwatkin (30 July 1844–14 November 1916) was an English
theologian and church historian.
He was born at Barrow-on-Soar, Leicestershire
. He was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge. He became Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History
of the University of Cambridge
in 1891, retiring in 1912.
Gwatkin also wrote few malacological studies, include:
England
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theologian and church historian.
He was born at Barrow-on-Soar, Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
. He was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge. He became Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History
Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History
The Dixie Professorship of Ecclesiastical History is one of the senior professorships in history at the University of Cambridge.Lord Mayor of London in the 16th century, Sir Wolstan Dixie, left funds to found both scholarships and fellowships at Emmanuel College, Cambridge...
of the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
in 1891, retiring in 1912.
Works
- Studies of Arianism, Chiefly Referring to the Character and Chronology of the Reaction Which Followed the Council of Nicaea (1882)
- The Arian Controversy (1889)
- The Meaning of Ecclesiastical History (1891) Inaugural Lecture
- Selections from Early Writers, illustrative of Church history to the time of Constantine (1893)
- The Church Past and Present: a Review of its History (1900) editor
- The Eye for Spiritual Things: and Other Sermons (1906)
- The Knowledge of God and its Historical Development (1906) Gifford LecturesGifford LecturesThe Gifford Lectures were established by the will of Adam Lord Gifford . They were established to "promote and diffuse the study of Natural Theology in the widest sense of the term — in other words, the knowledge of God." The term natural theology as used by Gifford means theology supported...
, two volumes - Early Church History to A.D. 313 (1909) two volumes
- The Cambridge Medieval History. Vol. I: The Christian Roman Empire and the Foundation of the Teutonic Kingdoms (1911) editor with J. P. Whitney
- The Cambridge Medieval History: Volume II, The Rise Of The Saracens And The Foundation Of The Western Empire (1913) editor with J. B. BuryJ. B. BuryJohn Bagnell Bury , known as J. B. Bury, was an Irish historian, classical scholar, Byzantinist and philologist.-Biography:...
- Episcopy I. In Scripture (1914) pamphlet
- The Confirmation Rubric: Whom does it Bind (1914) pamphlet
- Britain's Case Against Germany: A Letter to a Neutral (1917)
- Church and State in England to the Death of Queen Anne (1917)
- Sacrifice of Thankfulness (1917) sermons, edited by L. de L. Gwatkin
Gwatkin also wrote few malacological studies, include:
- Gwatkin H. M., Suter H.Henry SuterHenry Suter was a New Zealand zoologist, naturalist, palaeontologist, and malacologist.- Biography :...
& Pilsbry H. A.Henry Augustus PilsbryHenry Augustus Pilsbry was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a century...
1895. Observations on the dentition on Achatinellidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, volume 47, 237-240.