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Francis Augustus Cox (1783–1853) was a prominent English Baptist minister. He began preaching in his teens,〔 before training, and was then a minister for over forty years in Hackney.〔 Cox was an active supporter of the formation of the University of London. He published numerous articles including a book of biographies and a history of the Baptist Missionary Society.〔 ==Biography== Cox was born in Leighton Buzzard in 1783 and he was baptised at the age of twelve.〔 After some early preaching in his teens〔 and schooling in Northampton and receiving a substantial inheritance from his grandfather〔 he attended the Baptist College in Bristol. Cox became a Baptist minister after earning his M.A. at Edinburgh University.〔'Biographical Appendix: 1827-8 Committee', Committees for Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts: Minutes 1786-90 and 1827-8 (1978), pp. 110-113. (Date accessed: 10 April 2009 ).〕 In 1805 he was appointed minister in Clipston in Northamptonshire, before taking up a position at the impressive St Andrew's Street Church in Cambridge which dates from 1764. However Cox resigned in 1808 and returned to Clipston.〔 His congregation for 42 years was in Hackney where his church was eventually at Mare Street.〔 When the University of London was founded in 1828, he sat briefly on its committee, this may have been due to his active support for the formation of the University. He was also the librarian at the University for a short while.〔 He served as secretary of the Protestant Society for three years; and in a group of Protestant Dissenting Ministers. He served on the committee for Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts〔 which succeeded in 1829 of allowing Catholics to serve in parliament when the Catholic Relief Act was passed. In 1832 Cox was involved in trying to save the ''British and Foreign Seaman and Soldiers' Friend Society'' following a public scandal but resigned shortly after his appointment.〔(Seamen's missions ), Roald Kverndal, 1986, p276, ISBN 0-87808-440-1, accessed April 2009〕 Cox received an LL.D degree from Glasgow University through his friendship with Lord Brougham and he was later made a Docter of Divinity by the "University of Waterville" whilst on a visit to America on behalf of the Baptists in 1838. Two years later, Cox attended the 1840 British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society convention in London and he was included in the painting which is now in the National Portrait Gallery in London.〔(The Anti-Slavery Society Convention ), 1840, Benjamin Robert Haydon, accessed April 2009〕 Cox died in 1858 in Hackney, having been married three times and fathering seven children. His large body of published written work was immense.〔 He had founded the ''Baptist Magazine'' in 1809 and written a great deal for it. As late as 1852 he had contributed an article on Palestinian Biblical antiquities to the Encyclopedia Metropolitana.〔 Two volumes of Biographies of females in the Bible, a history of the Baptist Missionary Society and a life of Philip Melancthon are some of his major works but there is a larger list not mentioned here.〔(List of Edward A. Cox ), accessed April 2009〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francis Augustus Cox (1783–1853) was a prominent English Baptist minister. He began preaching in his teens, before training, and was then a minister for over forty years in Hackney.Cox was an active supporter of the formation of the University of London. He published numerous articles including a book of biographies and a history of the Baptist Missionary Society.==Biography==Cox was born in Leighton Buzzard in 1783 and he was baptised at the age of twelve. After some early preaching in his teens and schooling in Northampton and receiving a substantial inheritance from his grandfather he attended the Baptist College in Bristol. Cox became a Baptist minister after earning his M.A. at Edinburgh University.'Biographical Appendix: 1827-8 Committee', Committees for Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts: Minutes 1786-90 and 1827-8 (1978), pp. 110-113. (Date accessed: 10 April 2009 ).In 1805 he was appointed minister in Clipston in Northamptonshire, before taking up a position at the impressive St Andrew's Street Church in Cambridge which dates from 1764. However Cox resigned in 1808 and returned to Clipston.His congregation for 42 years was in Hackney where his church was eventually at Mare Street.When the University of London was founded in 1828, he sat briefly on its committee, this may have been due to his active support for the formation of the University. He was also the librarian at the University for a short while.He served as secretary of the Protestant Society for three years; and in a group of Protestant Dissenting Ministers.He served on the committee for Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts which succeeded in 1829 of allowing Catholics to serve in parliament when the Catholic Relief Act was passed. In 1832 Cox was involved in trying to save the ''British and Foreign Seaman and Soldiers' Friend Society'' following a public scandal but resigned shortly after his appointment.(Seamen's missions ), Roald Kverndal, 1986, p276, ISBN 0-87808-440-1, accessed April 2009Cox received an LL.D degree from Glasgow University through his friendship with Lord Brougham and he was later made a Docter of Divinity by the "University of Waterville" whilst on a visit to America on behalf of the Baptists in 1838.Two years later, Cox attended the 1840 British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society convention in London and he was included in the painting which is now in the National Portrait Gallery in London.(The Anti-Slavery Society Convention ), 1840, Benjamin Robert Haydon, accessed April 2009Cox died in 1858 in Hackney, having been married three times and fathering seven children. His large body of published written work was immense. He had founded the ''Baptist Magazine'' in 1809 and written a great deal for it. As late as 1852 he had contributed an article on Palestinian Biblical antiquities to the Encyclopedia Metropolitana. Two volumes of Biographies of females in the Bible, a history of the Baptist Missionary Society and a life of Philip Melancthon are some of his major works but there is a larger list not mentioned here.(List of Edward A. Cox ), accessed April 2009」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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