Edward Slater

Little biographical information about this Edward Slater could be confirmed from reliable sources found during this search. What does appear clearly is that he wrote Biblical Revision: Considerations in Favour of a Revised Translation of Holy Scripture, first published in 1856 and now preserved by Project Gutenberg.

The book places him in the middle of a lively 19th-century debate about how the Bible should be translated into English. In it, he makes the case that the Authorized Version needed careful revision, not to weaken scripture, but to bring readers closer to the meaning of the original texts.

Other catalog-style sources also connect the name Edward Slater with works including Foot-falls of the Hour, Letters on Roman Catholic Tenets, and The Wail of the Vatican. Because those listings provide very limited author detail, this profile keeps the focus on the one work and role that could be confirmed with confidence: a thoughtful Victorian religious writer engaged with questions of scripture, language, and interpretation.