But the Regius Professorship of Divinity at Cambridge fell vacant, and J. Regius Professorship of Divinity, Cambridge įor a time he was enthusiastic about a cathedral life, devoted to the pursuit of learning and to the development of opportunities for the religious and intellectual benefit of the diocese. In 1868, Westcott was appointed examining chaplain by Bishop Connor Magee (of Peterborough) and in the following year he accepted a canonry at Peterborough, which forced him to leave Harrow. Later, he received honorary degrees of DC.L. In 1865, he took his B.D., and in 1870, his D.D. At the time when the book appeared, his method of apologetic showed originality, but was impaired by the difficulty of the style. It recognised the claims of historical science and pure reason. To the same period belongs The Gospel of the Resurrection (1866).
Westcott's work for Smith's Dictionary of the Bible, notably his articles on "Canon," "Maccabees", and "Vulgate," led to the composition of his subsequent popular books, The Bible in the Church (1864) and a History of the English Bible (1869). In 1860, he expanded his Elements of the Gospel Harmony essay into an Introduction to the Study of the Gospels. In 1859, there appeared his Characteristics of the Gospel Miracles. In 1855, he published the first edition of his History of the New Testament Canon, which, frequently revised and expanded, became the standard English work on the subject. Vaughan and Henry Montagu Butler, but he was never good at maintaining discipline among large numbers. He worked at Harrow for nearly twenty years under C. J.
He combined his school duties with his theological research and literary writings. The Cambridge University Norrisian Prize for theology was established in 1781 by the will of John Norris Esq of Whitton, Norfolk for the best essay by a candidate between the ages of twenty and thirty on a theological subject. In 1851, he published his Norrisian prize essay with the title Elements of the Gospel Harmony. He devoted much attention to philosophical, patristic and historical studies, but his main interest was in New Testament work. The friendship with Lightfoot and Hort influenced his future life and work. As well as studying, Westcott took pupils at Cambridge fellow readers included his school friend Lightfoot and two other men who became his attached and lifelong friends, Edward White Benson and Fenton Hort. In 1851 he was ordained and became an assistant master at Harrow School. In 1849, he obtained his fellowship and in the same year he was made deacon by his old headmaster, Prince Lee, later Bishop of Manchester. Early teaching career Īfter obtaining his degree, Westcott remained in residence at Trinity. In classics, he was senior, being bracketed with Charles Broderick Scott, afterwards headmaster of Westminster School. In mathematics, he was twenty-fourth wrangler, Isaac Todhunter being senior. He took his BA degree in January 1848, obtaining double-first honours. He became a scholar in 1846, won a Browne medal for a Greek ode in 18, and the Members' Prize for a Latin essay in 18. In 1844, Westcott entered Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was invited to join the Cambridge Apostles. A few years after this Chartism led to serious disturbances in Birmingham and many years later Westcott would refer to the deep impression the experiences of that time had made upon him.
The period of Westcott's childhood was one of political ferment in Birmingham and amongst his earliest recollections was one of Thomas Attwood leading a large procession of men to a meeting of the Birmingham Political Union in 1831. Westcott was educated at King Edward VI School, Birmingham, under James Prince Lee, where he became friends with Joseph Barber Lightfoot, later Bishop of Durham.
His father, Frederick Brooke Westcott, was a botanist.
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