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John William Burgon
1813–1888
Best remembered as Dean of Chichester, he was a vigorous Victorian churchman, preacher, and scholar whose strong views on the Bible and the New Testament text kept his name in religious debate long after his lifetime. He also had a literary side, winning an Oxford poetry prize before becoming known for learned controversy.
5 Audiobooks
The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels
by John William Burgon
The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark
by John William Burgon
Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford
by John William Burgon
The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels
by John William Burgon
About the author
Born in Smyrna in 1813, John William Burgon grew up between cultures and later studied at Worcester College, Oxford. He won the Newdigate Prize for poetry, earned a fellowship at Oriel, and built a reputation as a gifted preacher and church scholar.
Burgon spent many years connected with Oxford and the University Church of St Mary the Virgin before being appointed Dean of Chichester in 1876. In his own day he was known not only for sermons and devotional writing, but also for his forceful defense of traditional Christian views, especially on the authorship and historical truth of Genesis.
He is now most often remembered for his passionate opposition to some of the biblical scholarship of his time and for his defense of the traditional Greek text of the New Testament. Whether readers meet him as a churchman, a polemicist, or a man of letters, he remains a striking example of the energy and conviction of Victorian religious life.