Edward Cardwell (178723 May 1861) was an English

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also noted for his contributions to the study of English church history. In addition to his scholarly work, he filled various administrative positions in the

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Life

Cardwell was born at Blackburn in

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. He was educated at

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(B.A. 1809; M.A. 1812; B.D. 1819; D.D. 1831), and after being for several years tutor and lecturer, was appointed, in 1814, one of the examiners to the university. In 1825, Cardwell was chosen Camden Professor of Ancient History and held the chair for 35 years, the longest of any occupant to date. In 1831, he succeeded Archbishop Whately as principal of St Alban Hall (later merged with Merton College). Cardwell was one of the best men of business in the university, and held various important posts, among which were those of delegate of the press, curator of the university galleries, manager of the Bible department of the press, and private secretary to successive chancellors of the university. He established the Wolvercote paper mill. Cardwell died at

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on 23 May 1861.

Works

Cardwell's major works were in the field of English church history. He planned an extensive work on the entire synodical history of the church in England, which was to be based on David Wilkins's ''Concilia Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae''. He carried out some portions only. The first published was ''Documentary Annals of the Reformed Church of England from 1546 to 1716'', which appeared in 1839. It was followed by a ''History of Conferences, etc.'', connected with the ''Revision of the Book of Common Prayer'' (1840). On 1842 appeared ''Synodalia, a Collection of Articles of Religion, Canons, and Proceedings of Convocation from 1547 to 1717'', completing the series for that period. Closely connected with these works is the ''Reformatio Legum Ecclesiasticarum'' (1850), which treats of the efforts for reform during the reigns of

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, and

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. During his tenure as Camden Professor, Cardwell published editions of the "Ethics" of

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(Oxford, 1828) and his course of ''Lectures on the Coinage of the Greeks and Romans'' (Oxford, 1832). He published in 1837 a students' edition of the Greek Testament, and an edition of the Greek and

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texts of the History of the Jewish War, by Josephus, with illustrative notes. Cardwell also published in 1854 a new edition of Bishop Gibson's ''Synodus Anglicana''.

Notes

References

* * Erickson, Arvel B. "Edward T. Cardwell: Peelite," ''Transactions of the American Philosophical Society,'' 49 Part 2 (1959), pp. 5–103. * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cardwell, Edward 1787 births 1861 deaths English theologians 19th-century English historians Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Principals of St Alban Hall, Oxford Papermakers People from Blackburn Camden Professors of Ancient History