Charles Abel Heurtley

Charles Abel Heurtley (b Bishopwearmouth 4 January 1806; d Christ Church, Oxford 1 May 1895) was an English theologian.[1]

Heurtley was educated at Louth Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford,[2] of which college he was a Fellow from 1832 to 1841 when he became Rector of Fenny Compton. He was Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at Oxford from 1853 until his death.[3]

He married Jane Harrison, the daughter of Reverend William Bagshaw and Charlotte Harrison in 1844. They had one son and three daughters: Charles, Jane, Ellen and Frances.[4]

Heurtley's son, also named Charles Abel Heurtley, followed him into the church and became vicar of Ashington, West Sussex. The younger Charles Heurtley's son, Walter Abel Heurtley, became a classical archaeologist.[5]

His daughter Jane married Sydney Linton, Bishop of Riverina.

References

  1. ^  "Heurtley, Charles Abel". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  2. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Heurtley, Charles Abel (1)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  3. ^ Obituary 'Dr Heurtley The Times Thursday, May 2, 1895 Issue 34566 p.10
  4. ^ "England and Wales Census, 1881". FamilySearch. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  5. ^ Roberts, Ernest Stewart, ed. (1912). Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College, 1349–1897. Vol. 4, Part 1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 31. OCLC 931129288. Retrieved 5 February 2024 – via Internet Archive.
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