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Brooke Foss Westcott (1825–1901)
Westcott, Brooke Foss. A distinguished English clergyman and Biblical scholar; born near Birmingham, Jan. 12, 1825; died on July 28, 1901. He was professor of divinity at Cambridge University, 1870; honorary chaplain to the queen, 1875; bishop of Durham, 1890. Among his works are: ‘History of the Canon of the New Testament’ (1855); ‘Introduction to the Study of the Gospels’ (1860); ‘The Bible in the Church’ (1864); ‘The Gospel of the Resurrection’ (1866); etc.