1922 Encyclopædia Britannica/Wordsworth, John

WORDSWORTH, JOHN (1843–1911), English divine and scholar, was born at Harrow Sept. 21 1843, the son of Christopher Wordsworth, afterwards Bishop of Lincoln, and grand-nephew of the poet. He was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford, where he had a distinguished career, and after a short period as a master at Wellington College was elected a fellow of Brasenose and took orders (1867). He became widely known both as a Latin scholar and as a theologian, being elected Bampton lecturer in 1881 and Ireland professor of exegesis in 1883. In 1883 he became a canon of Rochester and in 1885 Bishop of Salisbury. His works include Fragments and Specimens of Early Latin (1874); Old Latin Biblical Texts (1883 and 1886), vol. ii.,in conjunction with Dr. Sanday and Rev. H. J. White; The Episcopate of Charles Wordsworth (1898); Teaching of the Church of England for Information of Eastern Christians (1900); The Invocation of Saints and the 22nd Article (2nd ed. 1910). He died at Salisbury Aug. 16 1911.