Quotes:Temple, Frederick

Zirkoff, Boris

Temple, Frederick (1821-1902). English divine, b. in Santa Maura, Ionian Islands, 1821, the son of a major; d. Dec. 23, 1902, in London. Educ. at Blundell's School, Tiverton, and at Balliol College, Oxford; elected lecturer in mathematics and logic, 1842. Four years later he took orders and accepted the headship of Kneller Hall, a government college for training masters of penal schools. After the abandonment of this project, 1855, he was appointed chaplain-in-ordinary to the Queen, 1856, and headmaster at Rugby, 1858, where he instituted many healthy reforms and brought the teaching to a high level. He emphasized the sense of duty and a religion rooted in loyalties of heart and conscience. His liberal views aroused much antagonism. Gladstone appointed him bishop of Exeter, 1869, which raised another storm, but he held the position until 1885, when he was transferred to London as bishop. He showed himself a friend of the working classes, but aroused opposition by his high standards of diligence, efficiency and strenuous work. In spite of growing blindness, he accepted the see of Canterbury, when 76 years of age. As Archbishop, he worked hard for unity and a more charitable attitude on the part of the 477 Anglican Church, presiding over the decennial Lambeth Conference of 1897, and officiating, 1902, at the coronation of Edward VII.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 8, pp. 476-477

Temple, Bishop Frederick (1821–1902). See Vol. VIII, pp. 476–77 for biographical data.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 9, p. 456