John Rogers Pitman (1782–1861) was an English clergyman and author.

Life

He studied at

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, and then

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. He was admitted B.A. in 1804, and proceeded M.A. in 1815. Taking holy orders, he was appointed perpetual curate of

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and vicar of

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, 18 February 1817. He became well known as a preacher in London, at Berkeley and Belgrave Chapels, and at the Foundling and Magdalene Hospitals before 1830. In 1833 he was presented to the perpetual curacy of St Barnabas, Kensington, by the vicar, Joseph Holden Pott. He resigned his Essex livings in 1846, and Kensington in 1848, becoming domestic chaplain to the

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. He died at Bath on 27 August 1861, a few months after his royal patroness.

Works

Pitman was a prolific writer, compiler, and editor, producing annotated editions of: *the works of

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(1820–2); also *

John Lightfoot John Lightfoot (29 March 1602 – 6 December 1675) was an English churchman, rabbinical scholar, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Life He was born in Stoke-on-Trent, the son of ...

(1822–5); *

Edward Reynolds Edward Reynolds (November 1599 – 28 July 1676) was a bishop of Norwich in the Church of England and an author.Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. Prepared by the Rev. John M'Clintock, D.D., and James Strong, ...

(1826); *

Nathaniel Hooke Nathaniel Hooke (c. 1687 – 19 July 1763) was an English historian. Life He was the eldest son of John Hooke, serjeant-at-law, and nephew of Nathaniel Hooke the Jacobite soldier. He is thought by John Kirk to have studied with Alexander Pop ...

's ''Roman History'' (1821); *

Simon Patrick Simon Patrick (8 September 1626 – 31 May 1707) was an English theologian and bishop. Life He was born at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, eldest son of Henry Patrick, a wealthy merchant, on 8 September 1626, and attended Boston Grammar Schoo ...

's and

William Lowth William Lowth D.D. (1660–1732) was an English clergyman, known as a Biblical commentator. Life He was the son of William Lowth, an apothecary, who was burnt out in the Great Fire of London, and was born in the parish of St Martin, Ludgate on 3 ...

's Biblical commentaries in ''A Critical Commentary and Paraphrase'' (1822) (with works of

Richard Arnald Richard Arnald (1698 or 1700 Nichols, J., ''The history and antiquities of the county of Leicester'', Vol. 3, Part 2 (1804), pp. 1059, 1071 – 4 September 1756) was a distinguished English clergyman and biblical scholar. Life He was a native ...

Daniel Whitby Daniel Whitby (1638–1726) was a controversial English theologian and biblical commentator. An Arminianism in the Church of England, Arminian priest in the Church of England, Whitby was known as strongly anti-Calvinism, Calvinistic and later gav ...

and

Moses Lowman Moses Lowman (1680–1752) was an English nonconformist minister, known as a Biblical commentator. Life Born in London, he became a student at the Middle Temple in 1697, but a year later abandoned law for divinity. On 17 September 1698 he entered ...

); and of *

Joseph Bingham Joseph Bingham (September 1668 – 17 August 1723) was an English scholar and divine, who wrote on ecclesiastical history. Life He was born at Wakefield in Yorkshire. He was educated at Wakefield Grammar School and University College, Ox ...

's ''Origines Ecclesiasticæ'' (1840). Besides sermons, he also published: * ''Excerpta ex variis Romanis poetis'', London, 1808. * ''Practical Lectures upon the Ten First Chapters of the Gospel of St. John'', London, 1821; with a supplement, 1822. * ''The School Shakespeare'', with notes, London, 1822. * ''Sophoclis Ajax'', Greek and Latin, with notes, London. * ''Practical Commentary on our Lord's Sermon on the Mount'', London, 1852.

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;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Pitman, John Rogers 1782 births 1861 deaths 19th-century English Anglican priests 18th-century Anglican theologians 19th-century Anglican theologians