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Robert F. (Robert Forman) Horton
1855–1934
A prominent English clergyman and prolific writer, he spent decades preaching in Hampstead while trying to bring modern scholarship and Christian faith into conversation. His books range from sermons and biblical studies to autobiography, offering a vivid glimpse into religious thought in late Victorian and early 20th-century Britain.
1 Audiobook
The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Proverbs
by Robert F. (Robert Forman) Horton
About the author
Born in London in 1855, Robert Forman Horton was educated at Shrewsbury School and New College, Oxford, where he earned high honors in classics. Early in his career he became a fellow of New College and lectured on history, building a reputation as an able scholar as well as a preacher.
He is best known as the long-serving minister of Lyndhurst Road Congregational Church in Hampstead, a post he held for many decades. Alongside his ministry, he wrote extensively on theology, the Bible, and Christian life, and became known for engaging seriously with the intellectual questions of his time rather than avoiding them.
Horton also published an autobiography, which helps explain the personal side of a public career spent in the pulpit and on the page. He died in 1934, leaving behind a substantial body of work that reflects both pastoral warmth and a thoughtful, questioning mind.