Peter Goldsmith Medd (1829 – 25 July 1908) was an English

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priest and scholar.

Life

Medd was educated at

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and at

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(although he

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at the

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, aged 18 on 1 March 1848, as a member of St John's College). He obtained his BA degree in 1852 and was appointed as a

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of University College in the same year, holding this position until 1877. He served the college as tutor, dean, librarian, and

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. He was a long-serving member of the Council of

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, having played an active part in the college's foundation. He was an ordained priest in the

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and was curate of St John the Baptist, Oxford (1858 to 1867), and later rector of

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(1870 to 1876), and of

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(1876 onwards). He died in North Cerney after "a long and painful illness" on 25 July 1908. His publications included a book of sermons and an edition of the manuscript of the Greek and Latin Devotions of

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. His obituary in ''

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'' described him as "an undoubted authority" upon "all liturgical matters", whose opinion was "frequently sought" by bishops in England and the United States. His

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in 1882, it said, were "distinguished by great learning and an unusual wealth of illustration", although their "style and condensed character prevented them from ever becoming popular". Apart from ecclesiastical matters, he was interested in the promotion of education of women, and was a member of the council of

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as the representative of Oxford University. He left a widow and eight children; one of his six sons was the architect, Henry Medd.

Publications (selected)

*1861: ''The Priest to the Altar, or aids to the devout celebration of Holy Communion, chiefly after the ancient English use of Sarum''. London: Henry Frowde; 2nd ed. 1869; 3rd ed. 1879; 4th ed. 1898; 5th ed. 1910 *1865: ''Liber Precum Publicarum Ecclesiae Anglicanae''; a Gulielmo Bright et Petro Goldsmith Medd latine redditus. Londini: Rivington (the ''

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'' in Latin); electronic versio
here
3rd ed. 1877

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Medd, Peter 1829 births 1908 deaths Alumni of King's College London Alumni of St John's College, Oxford Alumni of University College, Oxford Fellows of University College, Oxford 19th-century English Anglican priests