Quotes:Westcott, Brooke Foss

Zirkoff, Boris

Westcott, Brooke Foss. Bishop of Durham, b. near Birmingham, Jan. 12, 1825; d. July 27, 1901. Son of botanist; after brilliant career at Cambridge, took orders, became teacher at Harrow. His Biblical and Theological studies brought early recognition. Regius prof, of divinity at Cambridge, 1870; instituted significant educ. and admin, reforms. Became Bishop of Durham, 1890; interested in social reform and labor problems; highly respected by workers. His edition of Greek text of New Testament was epoch-making; his personal influence was his greatest source of power. Works: A General Survey of the History of the Canon of the New Testament during the First Four Centuries, 1855; 5th ed., Cambridge & London: Macmillan & Co., 1881:—*Introduction to the Study of the Gospels, 1860; Boston: Gould and Lincoln; New York: Sheldon & Co., 1862.-—A General View of the History of the English Bible, 1868; 3rd ed., London: Macmillan & Co., 1905.—The New Testament in the Original Greek (ed. with F. J. A. Holt), 1881.—Social Aspects of Christianity, 1887; also 1900; and other works.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 6, p. 449