Edward William Grinfield (1785–1864) was an English biblical scholar.
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Edward William Grinfield |
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Born | 1785 |
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Died | 9 July 1864
Brighton, England |
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Nationality | English |
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Occupation(s) | Biblical scholar and clergyman |
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Parent(s) | Thomas Grinfield and Anna Joanna (nee Barham) |
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Religion | Christian (Anglican) |
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Ordained | 1808 |
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Offices held | Minister of Laura Chapel, Bath |
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He was the son of Thomas Grinfield and Anna Joanna, daughter of Joseph Foster Barham of Bedford, and brother of Thomas Grinfield. He was a schoolfellow of Thomas de Quincey at Wingfield, Wiltshire.[1] He entered Lincoln College, Oxford, proceeded B.A. 1806, M.A. 1808, and was ordained in the same year by the Bishop of Lincoln.[2]
After studying law at Lincoln's Inn and the Inner Temple, Grinfield became minister of Laura Chapel, Bath. It had been founded by Francis Randolph, its proprietor, in 1756.[3] Later he moved to London, where he occasionally preached at Kensington.[2][4]
In 1859 Grinfield founded and endowed a lectureship at Oxford on the Septuagint. He died at Brighton on 9 July 1864, and was buried in Hove churchyard.[2]
Grinfield wrote many pamphlets, articles, and reviews, as an advocate of Anglican orthodoxy. His works are:[2]
- ‘Reflections on the Connection of the British Government with the Protestant Religion,’ 1807.
- ‘The Crisis of Religion,’ 1811, and with ‘Strictures on Mr. Lancaster's System of Popular Education,’ 1812.
- ‘Reflections upon the Influence of Infidelity and Profaneness on Public Liberty, with a Plan for National Circulating Libraries,’ 1817.
- ‘Connection of Natural and Revealed Theology,’ 1818.
- ‘Cursory Observations upon the Lectures in Physiology, Zoology, and Natural History of Man, by Mr. Laurence,’ 2nd edition, 1819.
- ‘Sermons on the Parables,’ 1819.
- ‘The Researches of Physiology,’ 1820.
- ‘Thoughts on Lord Brougham's Education Bill,’ 1821.
- ‘Vindiciæ Anglicanæ, Letter to Dr. Copleston on his Inquiry into the Doctrine of Necessity and Predestination, with a second part,’ 1822.
- ‘Sermon on Paley's Exposition of the Law of Honour,’ 1824.
- ‘The Doctrinal Harmony of the New Testament,’ 1824.
- ‘A Reply to Mr. Brougham's Practical Observations upon the Education of the People,’ 1825.
- ‘The Nature and Extent of the Christian Dispensation with reference to the Salvability of the Heathen,’ 1827.
- ‘A Scriptural Inquiry into the Nature and Import of the Image and Likeness of God in Man,’ 1830.
- ‘Sketches of the Danish Mission on the Coast of Coromandel,’ 1831.
- ‘Christian Sentiments suggested by the Present Crisis; or, Civil Liberty founded upon Self-Restraint,’ 1831.
- ‘Reflections after a Visit to the University of Oxford,’ on the proceedings against Renn Dickson Hampden, 1836.
- 'The Chart and Scale of Truth,' 1840.
- 'Novum Testamentum Græcum. Editio Hellenistica,' 1843.
- 'Scholia Hellenistica in Novum Testamentum,' &c., 1848.
- 'An Expostulatory Letter to the Right Rev. Bishop Wiseman on the Interpolated Curse in the Vatican Septuagint,' 1850.
- 'An Apology for the Septuagint,' 1850.
- 'The Jesuits: an Historical Sketch,’ 1851, 1853.
- ‘The Christian Cosmos: the Son of God the revealed Creator,’ 1856.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Grinfield, Edward William". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.