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Laurence Grensted

Laurence Grensted
Born1884
Died1964
Occupation(s)Professor, chaplain
Known forPhilosophy of the Christian religion; Bampton Lectures on Psychology and God (1930)
TitleNolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion
Academic background
Alma materUniversity College, Oxford
Academic work
Era20th century
DisciplinePhilosophy
Sub-disciplineChristian religion
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
Main interestsPhilosophy of the Christian religion
Notable worksA Short History of the Doctrine of the Atonement (1920)

Laurence William Grensted (1884–1964) was a British Anglican priest and theologian. He was Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion, associated with Oriel College at the University of Oxford.

Laurence Grensted studied at University College, Oxford and was subsequently a Fellow and Chaplain there from 1924 to 1930.[1] He was the author of A Short History of the Doctrine of the Atonement, published in 1920.[2]

Grensted delivered the 1930 Bampton Lectures at Oxford on Psychology and God, a study of the implications of recent psychology for religious belief and practice.[3]

Grensted was a member of the Royal Entomological Society.[4] He was later Canon and then Canon Emeritus at Liverpool Cathedral.[5]

Photographs of Laurence Grensted are held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.[5]

Personal Life

Grensted's parents were Frederic Finnis Grensted (1857-1919), who was the vicar of Melling, and Gertrude Ellen Grensted (née Plimpton, 1858-1927).[6][7][8]

Grensted had a younger brother named Alfred (1887-1916) who was a bank clerk and rugby player for Lancashire: Alfred served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in WW1 and was killed at the Somme.[7][9][10]

Grensted married Norah Frances Knott of Wilmslow on 15 December 1923.[11] They had two sons: Alfred David Grensted (1925-1960)[12][13] and Peter Eric Wakefield Grensted (1928-2004).[14][15]

Entomological collecting

Grensted encouraged his children to share his interest in entomology and in the 1930s and early 1940s Grensted and his sons went upon insect collecting excursions in England and Wales. Some specimens collected by the Grensted family are now in the collection of the Natural History Museum, London (e.g.: Alfred's Orthotrichia costalis (Curtis, 1834) from Portmadoc [Porthmadog] collected in 1939,[16] Peter's Wormaldia occipitalis (Pictet, 1834) collected in Lyme Park, Cheshire in 1937[17] and Laurence Grensted's own Philopotamus montanus (Donovan, 1813) collected at Lynton in Devon in 1935).[18]

References

  1. ^ Darwall-Smith, Robin (2008). A History of University College, Oxford. Oxford University Press. p. 535. ISBN 978-0-19-928429-0.
  2. ^ Grensted, L. W. (2008). A Short History of The Doctrine of The Atonement. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 978-1436535786. (Originally published in 1920.)
    See also: Grensted, L. W. (2013). A Short History of the Doctrine of the Atonement. Nabu Press. ISBN 978-1289749118.
  3. ^ Grensted, Rev. L. W. (1930). Psychology and God: A Study of the Implications of Recent Psychology for Religious Belief and Practice. London, New York, Toronto: Longmans, Green, & Co.
  4. ^ "Collector: Laurence William Grensted". Relational Museum Collector Information. Oxford, UK: Pitt Rivers Museum. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Laurence William Grensted (1884–1964), Canon Emeritus, Liverpool Cathedral". National Portrait Gallery, London.
  6. ^ GRO Index for England: Marriages: Grensted, Frederic Finnis and Plimpton, Gertrude Ellen at Croydon, March quarter 1884. Volume: 2a: page 307. Accessed via freebmd.org
  7. ^ a b "War Items". The Sportsman. 27 September 1916. p. 4 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "1911 England Census for Frederic Finnis Grensted [showing the Grensted family at home including sons Laurence and Alfred]". ancestry.co.uk.
  9. ^ "Day to Day in Liverpool: Canon and Naturalist [short article about L W Grensted being appointed a Canon Emeritus at Liverpool Cathedral]". Liverpool Daily Post. 30 January 1942. p. 2 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Lives of the First World War: We Remember Alfred Grensted". The Imperial War Museum.
  11. ^ "Marriages: Grensted-Knott". Alderley and Wilmslow Advertiser. 21 December 1923. p. 2 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ GRO Index for England, 1925: Births: Grensted, Alfred D.: June quarter 1925: Woodstock district. Volume 3a: page 1756. Accessed via freebmd.org.
  13. ^ 1960 Probate Calendar for England: Page 387: Grensted, Alfred David died 2 February 1960. Probate to Laurence William Grensted and Frances Norah Grensted. Accessed via probatesearch.service.gov.uk
  14. ^ GRO Index for England, 1928: Births: Grensted, Peter E.W.: March quarter 1928: Woodstock district. Volume 3a: page 1764. Accessed via freebmd.org.
  15. ^ "Deaths: Grensted [death announcement of Peter Grensted]". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 17 September 2004. p. 22 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  16. ^ "Collection specimens - Specimens - NHMUK014566036 - Data Portal". data.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  17. ^ "Collection specimens - Specimens - NHMUK014565819 - Data Portal". data.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  18. ^ "Collection specimens - Specimens - NHMUK014566110 - Data Portal". data.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
Academic offices
Preceded by
Clement Webb
 Nolloth Professor of the
Philosophy of the Christian Religion
1930?–1951 		Succeeded by


Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._W._Grensted