Alan Brooke (priest)
English academic (1863–1939)
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Alan England Brooke,[1] DD, FBA (1 September 1863 – 29 October 1939)[2] was an English academic.[3]
Brooke was born in Pembrokeshire and educated at Eton College. He entered King's College, Cambridge in 1883, graduating B.A in 1886[4] and M.A in 1890.[5] He was Fellow of Kings from 1889 to 1926; and Provost of King's College, Cambridge from 1926 to 1933.[6] Brooke was ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1904.[7] After a curacy at Gayton he was Ely Professor of Divinity from 1916[8] to 1926, and Canon of Ely during the same period. He was an Honorary Chaplain to the King from 1918 until his death.[9]
Publications
- S. Luke: the Historian of the Infancy. A Sermon.
- The Old Testament in Greek, according to the text of Codex Vaticanus, supplemented from other uncial manuscripts, with a critical apparatus containing the variants of the chief ancient authorities for the text of the Septuagint;
- A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Johannine Epistles
- The Commentary of Origen on S. John's Gospel: the text revised with a critical introduction and indices
