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John Neville Figgis

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John Neville Figgis
Born(1866-10-02)2 October 1866
Brighton, England
Died13 April 1919(1919-04-13) (aged 52)
Other names
  • J. N. Figgis
  • Neville Figgis
Ecclesiastical career
ChurchChurch of England[1]
Ordained
  • 1894 (deacon)
  • 1895 (priest)[1]
Scholarly background
Alma materSt Catharine's College, Cambridge
Influences
Scholarly work
Discipline
Sub-discipline
School or tradition
Influenced

John Neville Figgis CR (2 October 1866 – 13 April 1919) was an English historian, political philosopher, and Anglican priest and monk of the Community of the Resurrection.

Life

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He was born in Brighton on 2 October 1866.[1] Educated at Brighton College and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, he was a student of Lord Acton at Cambridge, and editor of much of Acton's work.

He is remembered in relation to the history of ideas and concepts of the pluralist state. The latter he in some ways adapted from Otto von Gierke; his ideas were picked up by others, such as G. D. H. Cole and Harold Laski. Some of the books which belonged to Figgis form part of the Mirfield Collection which is housed in the University of York Special Collections.[10]

He was professed in the Community of the Resurrection at Mirfield in 1909.[citation needed] He died on 13 April 1919 in Virginia Water.[1]

Works

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References

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Chapman 2004.
  2. ^ Chapman 2004; Mead 2018, p. 251.
  3. ^ a b Mead 2018, pp. 251–252.
  4. ^ a b c Hirst 1989, p. 10.
  5. ^ a b Wilkinson, Alan (1998). "A Forgotten Monk of St Catharine's: John Neville Figgis CR (1866–1919)" (PDF). St Catharine's College Society Magazine. Cambridge, England: St Catharine's College Society. p. 22. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  6. ^ Grimley 2004, p. 65.
  7. ^ Goldie 1994, p. 189.
  8. ^ Boldt 2018, pp. 144, 188–189, 192.
  9. ^ Richardson, Paul (8 May 2008). "A Higher Responsibility". London: Archbishop of Canterbury. Archived from the original on 18 December 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  10. ^ Antoniou, Marios (6 April 2018). "Rare Books and Religious History – Discovering the Mirfield Collection". Inspiring Minds. York, England: University of York. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  11. ^ "From Gerson to Grotius, 1414–1625 by John Neville Figgis". The Athenaeum (4163): 145–146. 10 August 1907.
  12. ^ "Civilisation at the Cross Roads by John Neville Figgis". The Athenaeum (4430): 297–298. 21 September 1912.

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Further reading

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Academic offices
Preceded by Hulsean Lecturer
1908
Succeeded by