Harvey Goodwin (9 October 1818 – 25 November 1891) was an English academic and Anglican clergyman, who was

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from 1869 until his death.

Life

Born at

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, he was a son of Charles Goodwin, a solicitor there; his mother was Frances Sawyer. One of his brothers was

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, the Egyptologist and judge. From 1825 to 1833 he was educated at a private school at

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. Before going into residence at Cambridge, he joined a party at Keswick, Cumberland, and read with William Hepworth Thompson, then a Fellow of

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. He was admitted pensioner of

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on 16 November 1835, and soon gave evidence of ability in mathematics. From

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1837 to Michaelmas 1839 he was scholar of his college. In his second year he became a pupil of the private tutor

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, and in the

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of 1839 came out second to

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. He was elected second Smith's prizeman, Ellis being first. In 1840 he won the Schuldham prize, and in 1844 delivered the Wortley speech. He graduated

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(BA) in 1840 and

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(MA Cantab) in 1843. Harvey Goodwin Vanity Fair 17 March 1888

On graduating BA, Goodwin was appointed to a mathematical lectureship at Caius, and at Michaelmas 1841 became Fellow of his college. In 1842 he was ordained deacon, and priest in 1844. His close friends at Cambridge, besides Leslie Ellis and Charles Mackenzie, whose life he wrote in 1864, were Thomas Thorp (afterwards Archdeacon of Bristol),

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, Philip Freeman, and Benjamin Webb. With them he shared advanced ecclesiological views, and with Neale and Webb he set on foot in 1848 the Ecclesiological Society, which developed into the

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In 1844 Goodwin took charge, as ''locum'', of

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. In the same year he preached for the first time in the university pulpit, and in the year following was nominated select preacher. In 1845 he preached before the

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, which met at Cambridge. After his marriage, in the same year, he continued to reside at Cambridge, taking pupils and occupying himself with parish work, and he was mainly instrumental in establishing in 1847 the industrial school at Chesterton (later named the Harvey Goodwin Home). In 1848 he was appointed to the incumbency of St Edward's, Cambridge, where he was a popular preacher. Goodwin was offered the colonial bishopric of Grahamstown in 1853, which he refused. In November 1858 he was appointed Dean of Ely by

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. In 1859 received from his university the degree

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(DD), and the public orator William George Clark spoke of his work. On 11 December 1880 he was elected honorary fellow of Gonville and Caius, and in 1885 was created honorary

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(hon. DCL) of

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. As Dean of Ely, Goodwin continued the work of the restoration of

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begun by

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, under Robert Willis's guidance, and he saw completed the painting of the nave roof, which was executed in part by Henry L'Estrange Styleman Le Strange of

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, and, after his death in 1862, completed by his friend Thomas Gambier Parry. The lantern also was rebuilt, the nave pavement relaid, the Galilee entrance restored, and a warming apparatus placed for the first time in the cathedral. While at Ely he served on two

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s, those on clerical subscription and ritual. In October 1869 he accepted Gladstone's offer to became

. He held the post until his death. From his known interest in scientific subjects he was asked by

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, to preach in

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on the Sunday after the funeral of

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, 1 May 1882. He died on 25 November 1891 at

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, while on a visit to William Maclagan,

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, and was buried in the churchyard of St Kentigern's Church, Crosthwaite, Keswick. His monument in

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consists of a recumbent figure in bronze, executed by

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wrote a memoir of him. A street in

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and a school in

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are named after Goodwin.

Works

Apart from sermons and lectures, and commentaries on the Gospels of St Matthew (1857), St Mark (1860) and St Luke (1865), his major publications were: * ''Elementary Course of Mathematics'', 1847; 5th edit. 1857. * ''Parish Sermons'', 1847–62, 5 vols. * ''The Doom of Sin and the Inspiration of the Bible'' * ''Guide to the Parish Church'', Cambridge, 1855; new edition rewritten 1878. * ''Hulsean Lectures'', 1855. * ''The Doctrines and Difficulties of the Christian Faith'', 1856. * A new translation of the ''De Imitatione'', 1860; new edit. 1869. * ''Essays on the Pentateuch'', 1867. * ''Walks in the Region of Science and Faith'', a collection of essays, 1883. * * ''The Foundations of the Creed'', 1889; 3rd edit. 1899. He was also a contributor to the ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Family

Goodwin married, on 13 August 1845, Ellen, eldest daughter of George King of Bebington Hall, Cheshire, and by her had three sons and four daughters. His son-in-law Henry Ware was Bishop of Barrow-in-Furness from 1891 until 1909."Death of the Bishop of Carlisle"; ''

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''; Thursday, Nov 26, 1891; pg. 9; Issue 33492; col E Catherine, the second daughter, married Henry Spooner in 1875.

References

Bibliography

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