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W. (William) Sanday
1843–1920
A leading Oxford theologian and biblical scholar, he helped bring modern biblical criticism to English-speaking readers while remaining deeply engaged with Christian faith.
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William Sanday was an English Anglican theologian and priest, born in Nottinghamshire in 1843 and educated at Repton and Balliol College, Oxford. He went on to become one of the most respected New Testament scholars of his generation and spent much of his career at Oxford.
He held two major Oxford posts: Dean Ireland's Professor of Exegesis of Holy Scripture from 1883 to 1895, and Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity from 1895 to 1919. Sanday was especially known for introducing English students and church readers to important continental work in biblical criticism, helping shape a more scholarly approach to the New Testament.
His best-known books include The Gospels in the Second Century and, with Arthur Headlam, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans. Remembered as a careful, influential scholar rather than a flashy controversialist, he died in Oxford in 1920.