John Pearson

John Pearson 1613-86, English prelate and scholar. He was a royalist chaplain (1645) in the civil war, but during Cromwell's regime he lived quietly in London. His Exposition of the Creed (1659), based on sermons he delivered at St. Clement's, Eastcheap, reveals Pearson's remarkable knowledge, especially of the Church Fathers; with many notes, it has long been a standard work. After the Restoration, Pearson became master of Jesus College, Cambridge (1660), Margaret professor of divinity (1661), master of Trinity College (1662), and bishop of Chester (1673). His Vindiciae epistolarum S. Ignatii (1672), defending the genuineness of the letters of St. Ignatius of Antioch, was later confirmed.

Pearson, John (1613–86), Bp. of Chester from 1673. He was an erudite and profound scholar. His classic Exposition of the Creed (1659) originated in a series of lectures at St Clement's, Eastcheap. He defended the authenticity of the Epistles of St Ignatius against the attacks of J. Daillé; his conclusions have been strengthened by later work.

Pearson, John Andrew (1867–1940). English architect who settled in Toronto in 1888 and trained under Darling, becoming his partner in 1892. He rebuilt the central block of the Parliament, Ottawa (1916–24), and the Bank of Commerce, Toronto (1929–31).

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Kalman (1994)