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Arthur Tait

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Arthur James Tait (8 November 1872 – 3 April 1944) was an eminent Anglican priest and author.[1][2]

Tait was educated at St Lawrence College, Ramsgate; Merchant Taylors' School, London; St John's College, Cambridge and Ridley Hall, Cambridge. After a curacy at of Holy Trinity Church, Eastbourne he was Principal of St Aidan's College, Birkenhead from 1901 until 1907; and then of Ridley Hall, Cambridge from 1908[3] to 1927.[4] He was a Canon Residentiary of Peterborough[5] from 1924 until[6] his death.

His father in law was The Rt Rev. Thomas Wortley Drury, D.D.[7] His daughter Margaret married the university administrator Bertrand Hallward.

References

  1. ^ Among others he wrote "Christ and the Nations; Lecture Outlines on the Articles"; "The Heavenly Session of Our Lord"; "Christus Redemptor; The Prophecy of Micah: The Nature and Functions of the Sacraments"; "At the King’s Table"; "Sacrament and Presence"; and "Charles Simeon and his Trust in the first half of the twentieth century" British Library web site accessed 8 June 2016 13:03 GMT
  2. ^ ‘TAIT, Rev. Arthur James’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 9 June 2016
  3. ^ issuu
  4. ^ Art UK
  5. ^ NPG
  6. ^ London Gazette
  7. ^ Wordpress