Warburton Lectures
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The Warburton Lectures are a series of theology lectures held in Lincoln’s Inn, London. They were established in 1768 with money given by William Warburton
, and were intended to bring young divines to the notice of London audiences. The set topic was the proof of Christianity through prophecies.
William Warburton
William Warburton was an English critic and churchman, Bishop of Gloucester from 1759.-Life:He was born at Newark, where his father, who belonged to an old Cheshire family, was town clerk. William was educated at Oakham and Newark grammar schools, and in 1714 he was articled to Mr Kirke, an...
, and were intended to bring young divines to the notice of London audiences. The set topic was the proof of Christianity through prophecies.
Lecturers
- 1768-1772 Richard Hurd
- 1773-1776 Samuel HallifaxSamuel HallifaxSamuel Hallifax or Halifax was an English churchman and academic, holder of several chairs at Cambridge and bishop of two sees.-Life:...
- 1777-1780 Lewis BagotLewis BagotLewis Bagot MA was an English cleric, the fifth son of Sir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot of Blithfield Hall, Staffordshire, and younger brother of William, Lord Bagot....
- 1781-1785 East Apthorp
- 1800-1804 Robert NaresRobert NaresRobert Nares was an English clergyman, philologist and author.-Life:He was born at York in 1753, the son of James Nares , organist of York Minster and educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford.From 1779 to 1783 he lived with the family of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet as...
- 1807 Edward Pearson
- 1814-1815 Philip Allwood
- 1821-1825 John Davison
- 1829-1832 William Rowe LyallWilliam Rowe LyallWilliam Rowe Lyall was an English churchman, Dean of Canterbury from 1845 to 1857.-Life:He was born in Stepney, Middlesex, the fifth son of John Lyall and Jane Comyns. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge . In 1817 he married Catherine Brandreth , daughter of Dr. Brandreth of Liverpool...
- 1833-1836 Frederick NolanFrederick Nolan (theologian)-Life:Born at Old Rathmines Castle, County Dublin, the seat of his grandfather, on 9 February 1784, third son of Edward Nolan of St. Peter's, Dublin, by his wife Florinda. In 1796 he entered Trinity College, Dublin, but did not graduate, and on 19 November 1803 matriculated as a gentleman commoner...
- 1837-1840 Alexander McCaul
- 1841-1845 Benjamin HarrisonBenjamin Harrison (archdeacon)Benjamin Harrison was an Anglican clergyman and ecclesiastical administrator.His father was Benjamin Harrison, Treasurer of Guy's Hospital.Harrison was educated at Christ Church, Oxford...
Prophetic Outlines of the Christian Church and the Antichristian Power - 1845 John Frederick Denison Maurice The Epistle to the Hebrews
- 1849-53 Edward Bishop ElliottEdward Bishop ElliottEdward Bishop Elliott was an English clergyman and premillennarian writer.Edward Bishop Elliott graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1816. He was given the vicarage of Tuxford, Nottinghamshire in 1824 and later was made prebendary of Heytesbury, Wiltshire. In 1849 he became incumbent of St...
The Destinies and Perils of the Church, as Predicted in Scripture - 1854-1858 William GoodeWilliam Goode (dean)William Goode D.D., the younger was an English churchman, a leader of the evangelicals of the Church of England, and from 1860 Dean of Ripon.-Life:...
- 1866 Benjamin Morgan CowieBenjamin Morgan CowieBenjamin Morgan Cowie was Dean of Manchester and then Exeter in the last quarter of the 19th Century. Born on 8 June 1816, he was educated at St John's College, Cambridge and graduated Senior Wrangler in 1839. Ordained in 1841 he was successively Tutor, Lecturer and Fellow at his old college...
- 1870-1874 Edwin Hamilton Gifford Voices of the Prophets
- 1874 James Woodhouse
- 1876-1880 Stanley LeathesStanley LeathesStanley Leathes was an English theologian and Orientalist.He was born at Ellesborough, Buckinghamshire, and was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1852, M.A. 1853. In 1853 he was the first Tyrwhitts Hebrew scholar...
Old Testament Prophecy: its witness as a record of divine foreknowledge - 1880-1884 Alfred EdersheimAlfred EdersheimAlfred Edersheim was a Jewish convert to Christianity and a Biblical scholar known especially for his book The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah .- Early life and education :...
Prophecy and History in Relation to the Messiah - 1884-1885 John Gray RichardsonJohn Gray RichardsonJohn Gray Richardson was a priest in the Church of England.-Family:Richardson was the son of Samuel B. Richardson of Sheffield. He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge and graduated in 1872. He was ordained in the Church of England in 1875 and vicar of Monks Kirby, Warwickshire, St. John the...
- 1886-1890 Alexander Francis KirkpatrickAlexander Francis KirkpatrickAlexander Francis Kirkpatrick was Regius Professor of Hebrew at Cambridge University and the third Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge .-Life:...
The Doctrine of the Prophets - 1894-1898 Henry Wace Prophecy: Jewish and Christian
- 1898-1901 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...
- 1907-11 Michael George Glazebrook
- 1915-19 William Oscar Emil Oesterley
- 1919 Robert Henry CharlesRobert Henry CharlesRobert Henry Charles was an English biblical scholar and theologian. He is known particularly for English translations of apocryphal and pseudepigraphal works, and editions including Jubilees , the Book of Enoch , and the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs which have been widely used.He was...
- 1931 William Ralph IngeWilliam Ralph IngeWilliam Ralph Inge was an English author, Anglican priest, professor of divinity at Cambridge, and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, which provided the appellation by which he was widely known, "Dean Inge."- Life :...
God and the Astronomers
Further reading
- The Warburton Lectures Delivered at Lincoln's Inn 1985–1994, Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, London.
- The Warburton Lectures Delivered at Lincoln's Inn 1995–2005, Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, London, 2006.