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J. Rawson (Joseph Rawson) Lumby
1831–1895
A Cambridge scholar and churchman, he devoted much of his life to making biblical and early English texts more accessible to students and general readers. His books and editions reflect a patient, practical kind of scholarship that helped shape religious study in late Victorian England.
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The Expositor's Bible: The Epistles of St. Peter
by J. Rawson (Joseph Rawson) Lumby
About the author
Born near Leeds on 18 July 1831, Joseph Rawson Lumby began working young, first as a schoolmaster before making his way to Magdalene College, Cambridge. He graduated with first-class honors in classics, became a fellow of Magdalene, and went on to build a long academic career as a lecturer, college officer, and eventually one of Cambridge's senior divinity professors.
Lumby was both a clergyman and a scholar. He is especially remembered for his work on biblical study and on early English literature, including editions connected with the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges and important texts in Anglo-Saxon. That combination of careful scholarship and teaching made his work useful not only to specialists but also to students and ordinary readers.
In later years he served as Norrisian Professor of Divinity and then Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity at Cambridge. He died in 1895, leaving behind a body of work rooted in learning, clarity, and service to readers.