Charles Stubbs
English clergyman (1845–1912)
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Charles William Stubbs DD (3 September 1845 – 4 May 1912) was an English clergyman.
Charles William Stubbs | |
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| Bishop of Truro | |
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| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of Truro |
| In office | 1906–1912 (death) |
| Predecessor | John Gott |
| Successor | Winfrid Burrows |
| Other post | Dean of Ely (1893–1905) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 September 1845 |
| Died | 4 May 1912 (aged 66) |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Education | Liverpool Collegiate Institution |
| Alma mater | Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge |
He was born in Liverpool and educated at the Liverpool Collegiate Institution and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.[1] As a clergyman he held several incumbencies, among them rector at Wavertree and Granborough. He took a great interest in the working classes and in social subjects, and was liberal both in his political and in his theological opinions.[2] He was Dean of Ely from 1894 to 1906 when he was appointed the fourth Bishop of Truro.
His daughter Meriel married the organist and composer Thomas Tertius Noble.[3]
Quotations
- "To sit alone with my conscience will be judgment enough for me."
Selected works
- God and the People: the religious creed of a democrat, being selections from the writings of Joseph Mazzini; 2nd ed. 1896; G W E Russell, A Pocketful of Sixpences, London 1907, p 92
- Co-operation & Owenite Socialist Communities/The Land and the Labourers (1884)
- The Land and the Labourers (1893)
- Charles Kingsley and the Christian Social Movement (1899)
- Social Teachings of the Lord's Prayer (1900)
- In a Minster Garden: A Causerie (1902)
- Castles in the Air. And Other Poems Old and New. (Dent, 1903)
- The Christ of English Poetry (1906)
- Cambridge and its Story (1912)
- Hymns, including Christ was born on Christmas Night and Carol of King Cnut
