Christian Remembrancer
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The Christian Remembrancer was a high-church periodical which ran from 1819 to 1868. Joshua Watson
and Henry Handley Norris
, the owners of the British Critic
, encouraged Frederick Iremonger to start the Christian Remembrancer as a monthly publication in 1819. Renn Dickson Hampden
was briefly editor, 1825-6. In 1841 Francis Garden (1810–84) and William Scott
(1813–72) became co-editors. In 1844 the magazine was relaunched as a quarterly, with James Mozley briefly succeeding Garden and acting as an editor until 1855.
Contributors to the Christian Remembrancer included John Armstrong
, Richard William Church, Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905), Robert Wilson Evans (1789–1866), Philip Freeman
(1818–75), Arthur West Haddan
(1816–73), Walter Farquhar Hook
, Anne Mozley, John Mason Neale
, John Oxlee
(1779–1854), Mark Pattison
, Baden Powell
, James Seaton Reid
(1798–1851), George Williams (1814–78) and Samuel Wix (1771–1861).
Joshua Watson
Joshua Watson was an English wine merchant, philanthropist, a prominent member of the high church party and of several charitable organizations, who became known as "the best layman in England".-Life:...
and Henry Handley Norris
Henry Handley Norris
Henry Handley Norris was an English clergyman and theologian. He was the clerical leader of the High Church grouping later known as the Hackney Phalanx, that grew up around him and his friend Joshua Watson.-Life:...
, the owners of the British Critic
British Critic
The British Critic: A New Review was a quarterly publication, established in 1793 as a conservative and high church review journal riding the tide of British reaction against the French Revolution.-High church review:...
, encouraged Frederick Iremonger to start the Christian Remembrancer as a monthly publication in 1819. Renn Dickson Hampden
Renn Dickson Hampden
Renn Dickson Hampden , was an English Anglican clergyman whose selection as Bishop of Hereford formed a minor cause celebre in Victorian religious controversies.-Biography:...
was briefly editor, 1825-6. In 1841 Francis Garden (1810–84) and William Scott
William Scott (clergyman)
William Scott was an English clergyman, a leading High Church figure of his time.-Life:Born in London on 2 May 1813, he was the second son of Thomas Scott, merchant, of Clement's Lane and Newington, Surrey. In October 1827 he was entered at Merchant Taylors' School, and on 14 June 1831 he...
(1813–72) became co-editors. In 1844 the magazine was relaunched as a quarterly, with James Mozley briefly succeeding Garden and acting as an editor until 1855.
Contributors to the Christian Remembrancer included John Armstrong
John Armstrong (bishop)
John Armstrong was a Church of England clergyman and bishop of Grahamstown.He was educated at a preparatory school in Hanwell before being sent to Charterhouse School. In 1832, he went to Lincoln College, Oxford, graduating in 1836 with a third-class honours degree in Classics. He was ordained in...
, Richard William Church, Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905), Robert Wilson Evans (1789–1866), Philip Freeman
Philip Freeman
Philip Freeman was a Church of England clergyman and archdeacon of Exeter.-Life:Freeman, son of Edmund Freeman, of the Cedars, Combs, Suffolk, by Margaret, daughter of William Hughes of Wexford, Ireland, was born at the Cedars, Combs, Suffolk, 3 February 1818, and educated at Dedham Grammar School...
(1818–75), Arthur West Haddan
Arthur West Haddan
Arthur West Haddan was an English churchman and academic, of High Church Anglican views, now remembered as an ecclesiastical historian, particularly for Councils and Ecclesiastical Documents relating to Great Britain and Ireland, written with William Stubbs.-Life:He was born at Woodford, Essex on...
(1816–73), Walter Farquhar Hook
Walter Farquhar Hook
Walter Farquhar Hook , was an eminent Victorian churchman.-Background:He was the Vicar of Leeds responsible for the construction of the current Leeds Parish Church and for many ecclesiastical and social improvements to the city in the mid-nineteenth century...
, Anne Mozley, John Mason Neale
John Mason Neale
John Mason Neale was an Anglican priest, scholar and hymn-writer.-Life:Neale was born in London, his parents being the Revd Cornelius Neale and Susanna Neale, daughter of John Mason Good...
, John Oxlee
John Oxlee
John Oxlee was an English philologist and writer on theology.-Biography:Oxlee, son of a well-to-do farmer in Yorkshire, was born at Guisborough in Cleveland, Yorkshire, on 25 September 1779, and was educated at Sunderland. After devoting himself to business for a short time he studied mathematics...
(1779–1854), Mark Pattison
Mark Pattison
Mark Pattison was an English author and a Church of England priest. He served as Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford.-Life:...
, Baden Powell
Baden Powell (mathematician)
Baden Powell, MA, FRS, FRGS was an English mathematician and Church of England priest. He was also prominent as a liberal theologian who put forward advanced ideas about evolution. He held the Savilian Chair of Geometry at the University of Oxford from 1827 to 1860...
, James Seaton Reid
James Seaton Reid
-Life:Born in Lurgan, County Armagh, he was son of Forest Reid, master of a grammar school there, and Mary Weir, his wife. Left fatherless at an early age, James spent much of his youth at Ramelton, County Donegal, under the care of his brother Edward, minister of the presbyterian congregation...
(1798–1851), George Williams (1814–78) and Samuel Wix (1771–1861).
Further reading
- Jordan, Ellen, Hugh Craig & Alexis Antonia, 'The Bronte Sisters and the Christian Remembrancer : A Pilot Study in the Use of the "Burrows Method" to Identify the Authorship of Unsigned Articles in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical Press', Victorian Periodicals Review 39: 1, Spring 2006, pp. 21–45