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William Sanday FBA (1 August 1843 – 16 September 1920) was a British Anglican theologian and priest. He was the Dean Ireland's Professor of Exegesis of Holy Scripture from 1883 to 1895 and the Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity from 1895 to 1919; both chairs were at the University of Oxford. He had previously been Master of Bishop Hatfield's Hall, University of Durham.[1]

Biography

Sanday was born in Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire, England, to William Sanday and Elizabeth Mann.[1] He was a British academic theologian and biblical scholar.[citation needed] He was ordained as a deacon in 1867 and as a priest in 1869.[7] In 1877 he married Marian Hastings, daughter of Woodman Hastings.[1]

He was Dean Ireland's Professor of Exegesis of Holy Scripture at Oxford between 1883 and 1895, as well as Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity and Canon of Christ Church between 1895 and 1919. He became a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 1903 (one of the original cohort), and received an honorary Doctor of Letters (DLitt) degree from the University of Cambridge in May 1902.[8]

He also worked as one of the editors of the 1880 Variorum Bible, and contributed articles to the Encyclopaedia Biblica and The American Journal of Theology.

Sanday died on 16 September 1920 in Oxford.[1]

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Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Hawke 2004.
  2. ^ Chapman 1994, p. 95.
  3. ^ Hawke 2004; Plarr 1899, p. 963.
  4. ^ Chapman 1994, p. 101; Chapman 2001, p. 81.
  5. ^ Wilkinson 1971, p. 25.
  6. ^ Neville 1994, p. 125.
  7. ^ Plarr 1899, p. 963.
  8. ^ "University Intelligence". The Times. No. 36779. London. 28 May 1902. p. 12.

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Preceded by Master of Bishop Hatfield's Hall, Durham
1876–1883
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Preceded by Dean Ireland's Professor of
the Exegesis of Holy Scripture

1883–1895
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Preceded by Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity
1895–1919
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