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George Thomas Stokes
1843–1898
An Irish church historian and clergyman, he wrote lively, accessible studies of early Christianity and the history of the church in Ireland. His books helped bring ecclesiastical history to a wider readership in the late 19th century.
2 Audiobooks
The Expositor's Bible: The Acts of the Apostles, Vol. 2
by George Thomas Stokes
The Expositor's Bible: The Acts of the Apostles, Vol. 1
by George Thomas Stokes
About the author
Born in Athlone, Ireland, in 1843, George Thomas Stokes was educated at Galway Grammar School, Queen’s College Galway, and Trinity College Dublin. He was ordained in the Church of Ireland and went on to combine parish work with scholarship, building a reputation as a clear and energetic writer on church history.
Stokes is best known as an ecclesiastical historian. He served as professor of ecclesiastical history at Trinity College Dublin and also held roles connected with St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. Among his notable works are Ireland and the Celtic Church, The Acts of the Apostles, and other studies of early Christian history and the apostolic age.
He died in 1898, but his work remained useful to readers interested in early Christianity, Irish religious history, and Victorian biblical scholarship. His writing is remembered less for academic showiness than for its practical, readable way of explaining complex historical material.