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Mandell Creighton

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Mandell Creighton

Mandell Creighton (; 5 July 1843 – 14 January 1901) was a British historian, Anglican priest and bishop. The son of a successful cabinet-maker in north-west England, Creighton studied at the University of Oxford, focusing his scholarship on the Renaissance Papacy, and then became a don in 1866. He was appointed the first occupant of the Dixie Chair of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Cambridge in 1884. The following year, he also was engaged as the founding editor of The English Historical Review, the first English-language academic journal in its field. In these posts, he helped to establish history as an independent academic discipline in England. In addition to his work as a historian, Creighton had a career in the clergy of the Church of England from the mid-1870s until his death. He served as a parish priest in Embleton, Northumberland, and later, successively, as a canon residentiary of Worcester Cathedral (1885), Bishop of Peterborough (1891) and Bishop of London (1897). His moderation and practicality drew praise from Queen Victoria and won notice from politicians. In later years, he was appointed to various positions of trust, including the Privy Council, and it was widely thought that he would have become Archbishop of Canterbury had his death, at the age of 57, not supervened. As a historian, Creighton's magnum opus was A History of the Papacy during the Period of the Reformation, published in five volumes between 1882 and 1894. His historical work received mixed reviews. He was praised for scrupulous even-handedness, but criticised for not taking a stand against historical excesses. He was firm in asserting that public figures should be judged for their public acts, not private ones. He believed that the Church of England was uniquely shaped by its particular English circumstances, and he saw it as the soul of the nation. Creighton was married to the author and future women's suffrage activist Louise Creighton, and the couple had seven children.

Infobox

Church
Church of England
Diocese
Diocese of London
Installed
January 1897
Term ended
1901 (death)
Predecessor
Frederick Temple
Successor
Arthur Winnington-Ingram
Other posts
mw- Bishop of Peterborough 1891–1896 Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History 1884–1891
Ordination
1870 (deacon) 1873 (priest)
Born
(1843-07-05)5 July 1843Carlisle, Cumberland, England
Died
14 January 1901(1901-01-14) (aged 57)London, England
Buried
St Paul's Cathedral, London
Denomination
Anglican
Spouse
mw- Louise von Glehn (m. 1872)
Children
7
Alma mater
Merton College, Oxford

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Preceded byWilliam Connor Magee
Preceded byWilliam Connor Magee
Church of England titles
Preceded byWilliam Connor Magee
Church of England titles
Bishop of Peterborough 1891–1897
Church of England titles
Succeeded byEdward Glyn
Preceded byFrederick Temple
Preceded byFrederick Temple
Church of England titles
Preceded byFrederick Temple
Church of England titles
Bishop of London 1897–1901
Church of England titles
Succeeded byArthur Winnington-Ingram
Church of England titles
Preceded byWilliam Connor Magee
Bishop of Peterborough 1891–1897
Succeeded byEdward Glyn
Preceded byFrederick Temple
Bishop of London 1897–1901
Succeeded byArthur Winnington-Ingram

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  2. At Merton College a postmastership is the title given, from the 16th century, to a recipient of a benefaction instituted
  3. Louise Creighton was much amused, after giving a talk to working-class mothers, to overhear one saying to another, "Yes,
  4. It was in one of these exchanges that Acton penned three sentences of which the second was to become a much quoted (and
  5. Creighton reported that in addition to the Church of England other denominations were represented by "two Roman Catholic
  6. Temple turned 75 in 1896.
  7. Creighton's immediate successor as Bishop of London, Arthur Winnington-Ingram, who served until 1939, struggled througho
  8. The last Bishop of London buried at (Old) St Paul's was John King in 1621. The bishops of London after King and before t
  9. A treatment familiar to Creighton from his own childhood.
  10. Since 2023 known as the Creighton Centre.
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