PUSEY

Edward Bouverie (2 son of Philip Bouverie 1745–1828, who a umed the name of Pusey 3 April 1784). b. Pusey house, near Great Farring don, Berks hire 22 Aug. 1800; educ. Mitcham, Surrey 1807–12, and at Eton 1812–9; entered Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1819; B.A. 1822, M.A. 1825, D.D. 1836; fellow of Oriel coll. 2 April 1823; studied at Göttingen, Berlin, and Bonn 1825–7; regius profe or of Hebrew and canon of Christ Church, Oxford 9 Nov. 1828 to death; founded with his brother Philip Pusey and Dr. Ellerton the three Pusey and Ellerton Hebrew scholarships 1832; the prime mover with John Keble and John Henry Newman in the Oxford movement which was called Puseyism or Newman i a 1833; contributed to Tracts for the times 1833–41 and wrote seven tracts; founded The Oxford library of fathers of the holy catholic church, anterior to the division of east and west 1836, of which 48 volumes were published 1838–85; preached on the Holy Eucharist at Ch. Ch. 14 May 1843, condemned for heresy by the vice-chancellor and suspended for two years from his office as a preacher before the university 2 June 1843; founded at cost of £6,000 St. Saviour’s church, Leeds, foundation stone laid 14 Sept. 1842, consecrated 28 Oct. 1845; established an Anglican sisterhood in London 26 March 1845, and in Devonport 1849; revived the practice of private confe ion and encouraged the spread of ritualism 1846; member of the new hebdomadal council at Oxford Oct. 1854; published 3 appeals in An Eirenicon in a Letter to J. Keble 1865, and two Letters to J. H. Newman 1869 and 1870 on A po ibility of reunion with the Church of Rome, a book which gave rise to 18 replies; author of A letter to the archbishop of Canterbury on circumstances connected with the crisis in the church of England 1842, to which 7 replies were made; The holy eucharist a comfort to the penitent 1843 to which 8 replies were published; Do all to the Lord Jesus, a sermon 1849, 5 ed. 1855; The church of England leaves her children free to open their griefs 1850; The presence of Christ in the holy eucharist 1853; Daniel the prophet, nine lectures 1864, 2 ed. 1868; Eleven addre es during a retreat of the Companions of the Love of Jesus, Plymouth 1868; Lenten sermons to young men 1874; Hints for a first confe ion 1884, 2 ed. 1892; his name is attached to upwards of 110 works, and his works and the literature connected with them consist of upwards of 220 published volumes; his library was purchased for the Pusey House, an institution at Oxford, founded in his memory to carry on his work 1884. d. in the Convalescent hospital, Ascot priory, Berks hire 16 Sept. 1882. bur. in the cathedral at Oxford 21 Sept., portrait by George Richmond, R.A. at Ch. Ch. Oxford. H. P. Liddon’s Life of E. B. Pusey , 3 vols. (1893–4) two portraits ; J. H. Newman’s Apologia pro vita sua (1873) 60 et seq. ; T. Mozley’s Reminiscences of Oriel ii 146–9 (1882); The church goer i 221–30 (1847); R. H. Horne’s A new spirit of the age i 199–212 (1844); Fortnightly Review March 1883 pp. 335–48; Jackson’s Oxford Journal 23 Sept. 1882 p. 5; I.L.N. ii 410 (1843) portrait , lxxxi 328 (1882) portrait .