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Samuel Cheetham , DD, FSA (3 March 1827 – 9 July 1908) was an eminent Anglican priest and author in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth.

Cheetham was born in Hambleton, Rutland and educated at Oakham School and Christ's College, Cambridge. He was an Assistant Tutor of his old college from 1853 until 1858; and then professor of Pastoral Theology at King's College London until 1882, during which time he was also Chaplain of Dulwich College. In 1879 he became Archdeacon of Southwark; and in 1882 of Rochester, a post he held until his death.

References

1. Amongst others he wrote "A History of the Christian Church during the First Six Centuries", 1894; "The Mysteries, Pagan and Christian", 1897; and "Mediæval Church History, a Sketch", 1899 > British Library website accessed 11:18 GMT 9 April 2012
2. University Intelligence The Times(London, England), Monday, 1 March 1847; pg. 8; Issue 19485
3. "Cheetham, Samuel (CHTN846S)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
4. "Who was Who" 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
5. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900

• Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Cheetham, Samuel" . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

External links

• Works by or about Samuel Cheetham at the Internet Archive
• Works by Samuel Cheetham at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

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