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Herbert Brook Workman

ハーバート・ブルック・ワークマン

Hābāto Burukku Wākuman

Aliases: Prinny

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1862 (Peckham, London)
Died
1951 age 89
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Religion
Methodist

Career

Occupations
Wesleyan Methodist minister, Historian, Educator
Active Years
1885-1951
Affiliations
Westminster College, Oxford, Vanderbilt University, University of Chicago, Wesleyan Conference
Memberships
Wesleyan Methodist Secondary Schools Trust

Education

Kingswood School
Country: United Kingdom
Owens College, Manchester
Country: United Kingdom

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Dawn of the Reformation

1901 Church History

Two-volume work on the church history leading to the Reformation.

ReformationMedieval Church

John Wyclif: A study of the Medieval Church

1926 Biography/History

Study of John Wyclif in the context of the medieval church.

WyclifMedieval Theology

Bibliography

  • Persecution in the Early Church
  • The Church of the West in the Middle Ages
  • The Dawn of the Reformation
  • The Letters of John Hus
  • Methodism
  • John Wyclif: A study of the Medieval Church

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Detailed historical narrativeScholarly analysis
Recurring Motifs
Medieval church historyMethodismPersecution and martyrdom

Legacy

Distinguished historian of medieval church history and Methodism, prominent leader in Wesleyan Methodism.

Trivia

  • Nickname was "Prinny".
  • Satirized by teachers at Elmfield College over its closure.