Wilbert Francis Howard
Wilbert Francis Howard | |
|---|---|
| President of the Methodist Conference | |
| In office 1944–1945 | |
| Vice President | Wilfred Turner |
| Preceded by | Leslie Frederick Church |
| Succeeded by | Archibald Walter Harrison |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 December 1880 Gloucester |
| Died | 10 July 1952 (aged 71) |
| Occupation | Methodist theologian, biblical scholar and clergyman |
Wilbert Francis Howard, FBA (30 December 1880 – 10 July 1952) was an English Methodist theologian, biblical scholar and clergyman.
Born in Gloucester on 30 December 1880,[1] Howard came from a Methodist family. He attended King Edward's School, Birmingham, and the University of Manchester.[2] He was a lay pastor in Tyneside for a year and then worked at Didsbury College as assistant to the president. In 1919, he was appointed New Testament tutor at Handsworth College, where he remained until retiring in 1951;[1] he was the college's principal from 1943 to 1951.[3] He was also president of the Methodist Conference in 1944 and, in a brief acting capacity, in 1946.[2]
Academically, he was interested in New Testament scholarship and edited the second volume of J. H. Moulton's Grammar of New Testament Greek.[2] He was the Dale Lecturer at Mansfield College, Oxford, in 1940,[3] and in 1946–47 was Select Preacher at the University of Cambridge.[2] He was awarded the Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies in 1947[4] and was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1949.[5] He died on 10 July 1952.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Cyril S. Rodd, "Howard, Dr Wilbert Francis, FBA", A Dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Dr. W. F. Howard", The Times (London), 12 July 1952, p. 6.
- ^ a b "Howard, Rev. Wilbert Francis", Who Was Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, 2007). Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies" (British Academy). Archived at the Internet Archive on 2 September 2018.
- ^ "Revd Dr Wilbert Francis Howard FBA", The British Academy. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
Further reading
[edit]- V. Taylor, "Wilbert Francis Howard, 1880–1952", Proceedings of the British Academy, vol. 45 (1960) pp. 277–286.
