' Prophets '—II
' Frederick Denison Maurice '
By the Rev. C. E. RAVEN , D.D., Regius
Professor of Divinity, Cambridge
University the second great prophet of the National Church chosen by Professor C. E. Raven is specially identified with two important movements for education in London. He helped to form Queen's College for the education of women (1848) and the Working Men's College (1854). Christian Socialism was a direct result of his teaching.
Frederick Denison Maurice , English theologian, was bom at Normanston, Suffolk, in 1805. He was the son of a Unitarian minister, and he went to Cambridge in 1823, though it was then impossible for any but members of the Established Church to obtain a degree. He obtained a First Class in civil law, came to London, edited the London Literary Chronicle, and also the Athenœum, and finally took orders at Oxford. !
After a brief curacy in Warwickshire, he was appointed Chaplain of Guy's Hospital. From then onwards he became firmly established in the intellectual and social life of London.