WESTCOTT (Brooke Foss, 1825-1901, New Testament Scholar, from 1890 Bishop of Durham)

Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mrs' Holte, (he jokes that Holte's letter was addressed to 'Mrs' Westcott), about reviewing some memorial essays, remarking that "a schoolmaster lives from day to day in an atmosphere which is supposed to inspire the affectation of universal knowledge. At best he gives judgment on everything with a readiness and confidence on w[hich] it is alarming to reflect", but on this occasion he will have "the satisfaction of recalling R. Dundas for whom I had a true affection ... it will be a pleasure to me to do anything which would have gratified him", and asking for "(if possible and lawful) a specimen of the usual critique", 3 sides 8vo., Harrow, 24th March

At Harrow School, where he taught from 1852 to 1869, Westcott wrote some of his most influential works, followed at Cambridge by important Commentaries on individual books of the N.T., and collaborating with his former pupil Hort on his famous Greek Text. At Durham, Westcott influenced every part of church life and frequently brought employers and trade union officials together.

Item Date:  1866

Stock No:  50708      £75

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