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F. J. (Frederick John) Foakes-Jackson
1855–1941
A respected church historian and Anglican scholar, he spent decades teaching at Cambridge before moving to New York to become a professor at Union Theological Seminary. He is especially remembered for wide-ranging works on early Christianity and the beginnings of the church.
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Social life in England, 1750-1850
by F. J. (Frederick John) Foakes-Jackson
About the author
Born in Ipswich in 1855, Frederick John Foakes-Jackson became a noted English theologian and church historian. He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, and went on to teach for many years at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he also served as dean.
Later in life, he moved to the United States to become Briggs Professor of Christian Institutions at Union Theological Seminary in New York. His career linked British and American theological scholarship, and he built a reputation as a careful historian of the early church.
He is probably best known for major studies of Christian origins, including work on the Acts of the Apostles and the multi-volume Beginnings of Christianity. Foakes-Jackson died in 1941, leaving behind a body of writing valued by readers interested in church history, biblical studies, and the development of early Christianity.