Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Brooke Westcott
Born: January 12, 1825
Died: July 27, 1901 (aged 76)
Bio: Brooke Foss Westcott was a British bishop, biblical scholar and theologian, serving as Bishop of Durham from 1890 until his death. He is perhaps most known for co-editing The New Testament in the Original Greek in 1881.
Known for:
- The Epistles of St. John (1892)
- Social aspects of Christianity (1887)
- The Gospel according to St. John (1881)
- The Epistle to the Hebrews: The Greek Text (1889)