Albert Greenup

Albert William Greenup (d. 1952) was Principal of London College of Divinity from 1899 to 1925. He was widely known as a scholar of Hebrew and other Biblical languages, and published widely on Hebrew religious texts.[1][2] He worked on the second edition of the Revised Version of the English Bible, published in 1910.[3]

Albert Greenup
Born5 June 1866 Edit this on Wikidata
Died9 January 1952 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 85)
Awards
Academic career
Position heldprincipal (St John's College, 1899โ€“1925) Edit this on Wikidata

Education

Greenup studied at St John's College Cambridge, receiving his B.A. in 1889.[4] He was awarded D.Litt. in 1909, and also an honorary D.D. from the Western University of Canada in 1902.[4]

Career

He was ordained to the diaconate in the diocese of Ely in 1890, and priested the following year.[4] He was appointed as: Curate of St Matthews, Cambridge, 1890-1893; Curate of Culford, 1893-1898; Rector of Alburgh, 1897-1899.[4]

He worked as Librarian at London College of Divinity 1901-1903

From 1903-1913, and 1922-1926 he also acted as an examiner in theology, Hebrew, New Testament Greek, Syriac, and ecclesiastical history for the University of London, in Greek for the University of Liverpool, 1915-1919, and in theology for the University of Durham, 1921-1923.[1][4] Greenup was the Examining Chaplain for the Bishop of Chelmsford 1914-1946.[4]

He took up the role of Principal at London College of Divinity in 1899 until 1925, and was also a recognised teacher in the Theology Faculty of the University of London from 1901 until his departure from Highbury College.[4]

He was appointed as Rector of Great Oakley in 1925 to 1931, and Professor of Biblical Languages at the Bible Churchmen's Missionary College, Bristol from 1932 to 1947.[1]

He married Evelyn Helen Heron on 3 September 1895 in Oxford.

He died near Basingstoke in 1952, aged 85.[1]

References

  1. Davies, G C B (1963). Men for the Ministry: the History of the London College of Divinity. London: Hodder and Stoughton. pp. 70โ€“71.
  2. "Greenup, A. W. (Albert William), 1866-1952 | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  3. Moulton, W. F.; Moulton, James Hope; Greenup, A. W.; Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1910). The New Testament in the revised version of 1881, with fuller references. University Press. ISBN 0-8370-1985-0. OCLC 729498675.
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory (74th ed.). London: Oxford University Press. 1952. pp. 512โ€“513.
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