Brooke Foss Westcott

Brooke Foss Westcott 1825-1901, English prelate and scholar. From 1870 to 1890 he was regius professor of divinity at Cambridge. With F. J. A. Hort, he published The New Testament in the Original Greek (2 vol., 1881). From 1890 until his death he was bishop of Durham. He was known for his many scriptural commentaries.

Westcott, Brooke Foss (1825–1901) English NT scholar. As a professor in Cambridge, he wrote three commentaries, notably one on the gospel of John, and together with Fenton Hort published an edition of the Greek NT taking into account all the available evidence; this then served as the basis for the English Revised Version of 1881. Westcott became bishop of Durham and evinced a deep concern for the welfare of miners.

Westcott, Brooke Foss (1825–1901), Bp. of Durham from 1890. While he was Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge, he prepared, with F. J. A. Hort, the celebrated edition of the Greek NT, published in 1881; it was followed by his great commentaries on Jn. (1881), on the Epp. of Jn. (1883), and on Heb. (1889). In his diocese he made social problems his special concern, and he mediated in the coal strike of 1892. In CW, feast day, 27 July.