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Glover/A/A5/12
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- 27 January 1930 (Creation)
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Glover was the eldest son of Richard Glover, a Baptist minister from Bristol. He was admitted to St John's as a scholar in 1888 and, after gaining a first in both parts of the Classical Tripos, was elected a Fellow of the College in 1892. Four years later he went to Canada to take up the post of Professor of Latin at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. He returned to St John's as a teaching Fellow in 1901, and in 1911 was appointed to a University Lectureship in ancient history. He held the post of Orator at Cambridge, and was twice Proctor.
Glover was a prolific author. Many of his books and essays were on a classical theme, 'Studies in Virgil' (1904), 'Herodotus' (1924), 'Democracy in the Ancient World' (1927), and 'Greek Byways' (1932) being just a few of his titles. His restless intellect also took in other themes. 'Poets and Puritans' (1915) included essays on Bunyan and Boswell. 'The Jesus of History' (1917) made Glover's name known to thousands of non-classicists, while 'A corner of Empire: the old Ontario Strand' (1937) reflected his deep love of Canada, fostered during his five years' residence. Glover was also known as an avid letter writer, his thoughts on many subjects appearing frequently in the pages of 'The Times'. A deeply religious man, Glover was immensely proud of being elected to the post of President of the Baptist Union in 1924.
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Manuscript letter, in which Glover writes that he had Carlile's wire at the City Temple, but was sick of the morning sessions by lunchtime and, upon taking a break in the vestry, was bound to worry about the evening sermon. After which, he returned to Cambridge by the late train. He meant to drop a line of apology, but he forgot. Having over slept after lunch, he was late for the committee meeting, in which they nominated Townsend for Vice-President . Glover wrote up the false Pilgrim's Progress on Monday; not such a bad book, but long and windy and not Bunyan. The 'Baptist Times' will be unique in having anything of it. He has asked Cambridge University Press for a book on missions in early California, but it will take some time to arrive. Glover notes that the 'Baptist Times' asks special prayers for Canadian Baptists in view of a pending visitation and agrees.