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P. A. (Patrick Arkley) Wright Henderson
1841–1922
Best known as the Oxford scholar and clergyman behind The Life and Times of John Wilkins, he wrote with a strong feel for college history, character, and place. His work connects Victorian and Edwardian academic life with the earlier world of Wadham College and Sir Walter Scott’s circle.
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The Life and Times of John Wilkins Warden of Wadham College, Oxford; Master of Trinity College, Cambridge; and Bishop of Chester
by P. A. (Patrick Arkley) Wright Henderson
About the author
Born in Stirling in June 1841, he was a Scottish Episcopal clergyman and scholar who later took the surname Wright-Henderson. He was associated closely with Oxford, especially Wadham College, where he served as Warden from 1903 to 1913.
His best-known book is The Life and Times of John Wilkins (1910), a biography of the seventeenth-century Wadham Warden, scientist, and bishop. He also edited Letters Hitherto Unpublished, a collection of family letters connected with Sir Walter Scott, and he is linked with the essay collection Glasgow & Balliol and Other Essays, published after his death.
He died on January 7, 1922. Clear biographical information about him is fairly limited online, but the surviving record shows a writer deeply rooted in Oxford’s intellectual life, with interests in biography, letters, and the traditions of the university.