Identity area
Reference code
Abbott
Unique identifier
Title
Date(s)
- 1875-1928 (Circa) (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
9 boxes paper
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Teacher and scholar. Edwin Abbott Abbott was born in 1838 in Marylebone, Middlesex where his father was headmaster of the Philological School. He was educated at City of London School before entering St John's College as a scholar in 1857, becoming Senior Classic and Senior Chancellor's medallist in 1861. He was elected a Fellow of the College in the same year but resigned a year later to marry Mary Rangeley. Abbott was ordained deacon in 1862 and priest the following year. Following brief teaching experience he was elected headmaster of City of London School in 1865, at the young age of twenty six. The school was already well respected, and under Abbott it gained a reputation for providing the highest intellectual training. Abbott employed good organisation to implement new teaching methods and introduced innovations into the curriculum. Moreover Abbott himself was a teacher of exceptional abilities and inspired his pupils to high intellectual endeavours. Abbott was elected Hulsean lecturer at Cambridge University in 1876, and the following year was made select preacher at Oxford University. He retired from school teaching in 1889 to concentrate on writing. From 1870 Abbott published works on English grammar and Francis Bacon, whom he held in high esteem, and also produced a wide range of books on theological subjects. He died in 1926.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Selected for preservation by J.M. Creed, May 1927.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letters, articles, offprints, notes and notebooks concerning Abbott's theological writings.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- Latin
- Hebrew
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Preferred citation: St John's College Library, Papers of Edwin Abbott Abbott
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
17 Apr 2007