Richard Hurrell Froude
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Richard Hurrell Froude was an Anglican priest and an early leader of the Oxford Movement
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and engineer and naval architect William Froude
, and a friend of John Keble
and John Henry Newman, with whom he collaborated on the Lyra Apostolica, a collection of religious poems. He became a Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, in 1826 where he met Newman, with whom he travelled in the Mediterranean in the winter of 1832–33. He was associated with the Tractarians in the early stages of their movement. Much of the rest of his life was spent outside England to alleviate the consumption
from which he later died.
After his death, Newman and other friends edited the Remains, a collection of Froude's letters and journals.
Oxford Movement
The Oxford Movement was a movement of High Church Anglicans, eventually developing into Anglo-Catholicism. The movement, whose members were often associated with the University of Oxford, argued for the reinstatement of lost Christian traditions of faith and their inclusion into Anglican liturgy...
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Life
He was the son of Archdeacon R. H. Froude and the elder brother of historian James Anthony FroudeJames Anthony Froude
James Anthony Froude , 23 April 1818–20 October 1894, was an English historian, novelist, biographer, and editor of Fraser's Magazine. From his upbringing amidst the Anglo-Catholic Oxford Movement, Froude intended to become a clergyman, but doubts about the doctrines of the Anglican church,...
and engineer and naval architect William Froude
William Froude
William Froude was an English engineer, hydrodynamicist and naval architect. He was the first to formulate reliable laws for the resistance that water offers to ships and for predicting their stability....
, and a friend of John Keble
John Keble
John Keble was an English churchman and poet, one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement, and gave his name to Keble College, Oxford.-Early life:...
and John Henry Newman, with whom he collaborated on the Lyra Apostolica, a collection of religious poems. He became a Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, in 1826 where he met Newman, with whom he travelled in the Mediterranean in the winter of 1832–33. He was associated with the Tractarians in the early stages of their movement. Much of the rest of his life was spent outside England to alleviate the consumption
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...
from which he later died.
After his death, Newman and other friends edited the Remains, a collection of Froude's letters and journals.
Further reading
- Cross, F. L. (ed.) (1957) The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. Oxford U. P.; p. 530-31
- Froude, R. H. (1838) Remains of the late Reverend Richard Hurrell Froude; edited by John Henry Newman and John Keble. 2 vols. in 4. London: J. G. and F. Rivington, 1838–39
- Guinery, Louise I. (1904) Hurrell Froude: memorials and comments.
External links
- Biographical sketch from Lead, Kindly Light: Studies of Saints and Heroes of the Oxford Movement, by Desmond Morse-Boycott (1933) at Project CanterburyProject CanterburyProject Canterbury is an online archive of material related to the history of Anglicanism. It was founded by Richard Mammana, Jr. in 1999, and is hosted by the non-profit Society of Archbishop Justus...
(reprinted 1970, ISBN 0-8369-1529-1) - Excerpts from Froude's Remains at Project Canterbury
- Chapter 2 of The Oxford Movement by Wilfrid Ward (1912)