Swains on, Charles Anthony

D.D. (Cambridge,. 1864), Church of England; b. in Liverpool, May 29, 1820; educated at Trinity College, Cambridge;, graduated B.A. (sixth wrangler) 1841, M.A. (Christ's College) 1844; was ordained deacon 1843, priest 1844; was fellow (1841-52) and tutor of Christ's College, Cambridge (1847-51); White hall preacher, 1849-51; Hulsean Lecturer, 1857-58 principal of Chi chester Theological College, 1854- 64; Norrisian profe or of divinity in the University of Cambridge, 1864-79; canon residentiary of Chi chester, 1863-82; proctor for diocese and chapter of Chi chester, 1874-83; became prebendary of Firle in Chi chester Cathedral, 1856; Lady Margaret profe or of divinity in University of Cambridge, 1879; examining chaplain to the bishop of Chi chester, 1870; master of Christ's College, Cambridge, 1881; vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge, 1886. He is the author of Commonplaces, read in Christ's College Chapel, London, 1848; Creeds of the Church in their Relation to the Word of God and the Conscience of the Christian (Hulsean Lecture), 1858; The Authority of the New Testament, the Conviction of Righteousne , and the Ministry of Reconciliation, 1859 (Hulsean Lecture); E ay on the History of Article xxix., 1856; Letter to the Dean of Chi chester on the- Original Object of the Alhanasian Creed, 1870; A (a Letter to the Abp. of Cant., with Postscripts), 1873; The Nicene and Apostles' Creeds, their Literary History, together with an Account of the Growth and Reception of the Sermon on the Faith commonly called the Creed of St. A than as i us, 1875; The Parliamentary History of the Act of Uniformity, with Documents not hitherto published, 1875; The Advertisement of 1566, an Historical Enquiry, 1880; Constitution and History of a Cathedral of the Old Foundation, illustrated by Documents in the Muniment room at Chi chester, Part 1, 1880; Greek Liturgies, chiefly from Original Sources, 1884.