Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity
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The Norris-Hulse Professorship of Divinity is one of the senior professorships in divinity
at the University of Cambridge
.
The Norrisian chair was founded in 1777 by a bequest from John Norris. Among the original stipulations of the bequest were that the holder should be between 30 and 60 years old, and that he should be fined 21 shillings from his salary if any student at his lectures were not provided with copies of the Old
and New
Testaments, and a Pearson on the Creed.
John Hulse
(1708–1790) was an English clergyman from Middlewich
, Cheshire
. On his death, he bequeathed a large proportion of his estate to found a prize essay, two scholarships, and the positions of 'Hulsean Lecturer' and 'Christian Advocate'. The Hulsean Lecturer was originally required to deliver 20 sermons each year on the evidence of Christianity or scriptural difficulties, and the position continues to this day, although the number of lectures has been reduced greatly. In 1860 the Christian Advocate became the 'Hulsean Professor of Divinity'.
In 1934 the Norrisian and Hulsean Professorships were merged to form the Norris-Hulse Professorship. The expertise of the incumbent is generally expected to include philosophical theology, although the post does not formally require this.
In 2005 the Norris-Hulse professorship was frozen by the University of Cambridge
. Then on 18 October 2006, the university announced the election of Sarah Coakley
to the position.
Divinity
Divinity and divine are broadly applied but loosely defined terms, used variously within different faiths and belief systems — and even by different individuals within a given faith — to refer to some transcendent or transcendental power or deity, or its attributes or manifestations in...
at 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...
.
The Norrisian chair was founded in 1777 by a bequest from John Norris. Among the original stipulations of the bequest were that the holder should be between 30 and 60 years old, and that he should be fined 21 shillings from his salary if any student at his lectures were not provided with copies of the Old
Old Testament
The Old Testament, of which Christians hold different views, is a Christian term for the religious writings of ancient Israel held sacred and inspired by Christians which overlaps with the 24-book canon of the Masoretic Text of Judaism...
and New
New Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
Testaments, and a Pearson on the Creed.
John Hulse
John Hulse
John Hulse was an English clergyman. He is now known mainly as the founder of the series of Hulsean Lectures at the University of Cambridge.-Life:...
(1708–1790) was an English clergyman from Middlewich
Middlewich
Middlewich is a market town in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is east of the city of Chester, east of Winsford, southeast of Northwich and northwest of Sandbach....
, Cheshire
Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...
. On his death, he bequeathed a large proportion of his estate to found a prize essay, two scholarships, and the positions of 'Hulsean Lecturer' and 'Christian Advocate'. The Hulsean Lecturer was originally required to deliver 20 sermons each year on the evidence of Christianity or scriptural difficulties, and the position continues to this day, although the number of lectures has been reduced greatly. In 1860 the Christian Advocate became the 'Hulsean Professor of Divinity'.
In 1934 the Norrisian and Hulsean Professorships were merged to form the Norris-Hulse Professorship. The expertise of the incumbent is generally expected to include philosophical theology, although the post does not formally require this.
In 2005 the Norris-Hulse professorship was frozen by 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...
. Then on 18 October 2006, the university announced the election of Sarah Coakley
Sarah Coakley
Sarah Coakley is an Anglican systematic theologian and philosopher of religion with wide interdisciplinary interests.-Life and work:...
to the position.
Norrisian Professors
- John Hey (1780)
- James FawcettJames Fawcett (professor)James Fawcett , was Norrisian professor at Cambridge.Fawcett was the son of Richard Fawcett, incumbent of St. John's Church, Leeds, Yorkshire, was born in that town in 1752. He had a weakly constitution from birth. Having passed through Leeds Grammar School with credit, he was entered at St...
(1795) - Thomas Jackson (1815)
- John Banks Hollingworth (1824)
- George Elwes Corrie (1838)
- Edward Harold BrowneEdward Harold BrowneEdward Harold Browne was a Bishop of the Church of England.The second son of Col. Robert Browne of Morton House, in Buckinghamshire, and of Sarah Dorothea Steward, he was educated at Eton and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. After securing his B.A...
(1854) - Charles Anthony SwainsonCharles Anthony SwainsonCharles Anthony Swainson was an English theologian, Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge.- Works :* - References :*...
(1864) - Joseph Rawson Lumby (1879)
- Joseph Armitage Robinson (1893)
- Handley Carr Glyn MouleHandley MouleHandley Carr Glyn Moule was an evangelical Anglican theologian, writer, poet, and Bishop of Durham from 1901-1920....
(1899) - Frederick Henry Chase (1901)
- Francis Crawford BurkittFrancis Crawford BurkittFrancis Crawford Burkitt was a British theologian and scholar. He was Norris Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge, from 1905 until shortly before his death. Burkitt was a sturdy critic of the notion of a distinct "Caesarean Text" of the New Testament put forward by B. H...
(1905)
Hulsean Professors
- Charles John Ellicott (1860)
- Joseph Barber LightfootJoseph Barber LightfootJoseph Barber Lightfoot was an English theologian and Bishop of Durham, usually known as J.B. Lightfoot....
(1861) - John James Stewart PerowneJohn James Stewart PerowneJohn James Stewart Perowne was an English bishop. Born in Burdwan, Bengal, Perowne was a member of a notable clerical family, whose origins were Hugenot....
(1875) - Fenton John Anthony HortFenton John Anthony HortFenton John Anthony Hort was an Irish theologian and editor, with Brooke Westcott of a critical edition of The New Testament in the Original Greek.-Life:...
(1878) - Herbert Edward RyleHerbert Edward RyleHerbert Edward Ryle KCVO DD , was an author, Old Testament scholar, and the Dean of Westminster.-Early life:Dr Ryle was born in Onslow Square, South Kensington, London, on 25 May 1856, the second son of John Charles Ryle , the first Bishop of Liverpool, and his second wife, Jessie Elizabeth Walker...
(1887) - William Emery Barnes (1901)
Norris-Hulse Professors
- Francis Crawford BurkittFrancis Crawford BurkittFrancis Crawford Burkitt was a British theologian and scholar. He was Norris Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge, from 1905 until shortly before his death. Burkitt was a sturdy critic of the notion of a distinct "Caesarean Text" of the New Testament put forward by B. H...
(1934) - Charles Harold Dodd (1935)
- Herbert Henry Farmer (1949)
- Donald MacKenzie MacKinnonDonald M. MacKinnonDonald Mackenzie MacKinnon was a Scottish philosopher and theologian. He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, and held academic appointments in Oxbridge and Scotland - including Regius Professor of Moral Philosophy at Aberdeen University and Norris-Hulse Professor of...
(1960) - Nicholas Langrishe Alleyne LashNicholas Langrishe Alleyne LashNicholas Langrishe Alleyne Lash is an English Roman Catholic theologian. After serving in the British Army, and working for a short while as a Roman Catholic priest, he held for twenty years the post of Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge from 1978 to 1999, succeeding...
(1978) - Denys Alan Turner (1999)
- Sarah Anne Coakley (2007)