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Cave, William (1637–1713), Church of England clergyman and patristic scholar  

Gretchen E. Minton

Cave, William (1637–1713), Church of England clergyman and patristic scholar, was born on 30 December 1637 at Pickwell in Leicestershire, where his father, John Cave (d. 1657), was rector of the parish. John Cave remained a staunch royalist during the civil war, and as a result was expelled from his parish and home for a time, with his wife, ...

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Cross, Frank Leslie (1900–1968), Church of England clergyman and patristic scholar  

Elizabeth A. Livingstone

Cross, Frank Leslie (1900–1968), Church of England clergyman and patristic scholar, was born on 22 January 1900 at home in the High Street, Honiton, Devon, the eldest of three children of Herbert Francis Cross (1868–1957), a pharmacist, and his wife, Louisa Georgina (1869–1946)...

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Field, Frederick (1801–1885), patristics scholar  

Joanna Hawke

Field, Frederick (1801–1885), patristics scholar, was born in London on 20 July 1801, one of eight surviving children of Henry Field (1755–1837), an apothecary, and his wife, Esther, née Barron (d. 1834), of Woolacre House, near Deptford. Barron Field, the chief justice of ...

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Grabe, John Ernest (1666–1711), patristic and biblical scholar  

G. H. Thomann

Grabe, John Ernest (1666–1711), patristic and biblical scholar, was born at Königsberg, east Prussia, on 30 June/10 July 1666, the son of Martin Sylvester Grabe (1627–1686), professor of theology and history at the University of Königsberg, and Sophia Behmen (d. after 1686)...

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Kelly, John Norman Davidson (1909–1997), patristic scholar and college head  

H. E. J. Cowdrey

Kelly, John Norman Davidson (1909–1997), patristic scholar and college head, was born on 13 April 1909 at Bridge of Allan, Perthshire, the fourth of the five children of John Davidson Kelly (1861–1928), schoolmaster, and his wife, Ann (1875–1937), daughter of John Barnes JP...