See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• COLENSO
• JOHN WILLIAM COLENSO (1814-1883)

COLENSO (1814-1883)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• NATAL

Natal, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at St Austell, See also:

• CORNWALL

Cornwall, on the 24th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1814 . His See also:

• FAMILY

family were in embarrassed circumstances, and he was indebted to relatives for the means of university See also:

• EDUCATION

education . In 1836 he was second wrangler and See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith's prizeman at See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, and in 1837 he became See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of St See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John's . Two years later he went to See also:

• HARROW

Harrow as mathematical See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor, but the step proved an unfortunate one . The school was just then at the lowest ebb, and See also:

• COLENSO
• COLENSO, JOHN WILLIAM (1814-1883)

Colenso not only had few pupils, but lost most of his See also:

• PROPERTY

property by a See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire . He went back to Cambridge, and in a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time paid off heavy debts by diligent tutoring and the proceeds of his See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of manuals of See also:

• ALGEBRA (from the Arab. al-jebr wa'l-mugabala, transposition and removal [of terms of an equation], the name of a treatise by Mahommed ben Musa al-Khwarizmi)

algebra (1841) and See also:

• ARITHMETIC (Gr. apeOµ7run7, sc. TEXVn, the art of counting, from (ipLBµos, number)

arithmetic (1843), which were adopted all over See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . In 1846 he became See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector of Forncett St See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary, See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk, and in 1853 he was appointed bishop of Natal . He at once devoted himself to acquiring the Zulu See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language, of which he compiled a See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar and a See also:

• DICTIONARY

dictionary, and into which he translated the New Testament and other portions of Scripture . He had already given See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence, in a See also:

• VOLUME

volume of sermons dedicated to See also:

• MAURICE (1521–1553)
• MAURICE (MAURICIUS FLAVIUS TIBERIUS) (c. 539–602)
• MAURICE [or MAURITIUS], ST (d. c. 286)
• MAURICE, JOHN FREDERICK DENISON (1805-1872)

Maurice, that he was not satisfied with the traditional views about the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible . The puzzling questions put to him by the Zulus strengthened him in this attitude and led him to make a See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical examination of the See also:

• PENTATEUCH

Pentateuch . His conclusions, See also:

• POSITIVE (or PORTABLE) ORGAN

positive and negative, were published in a series of See also:

• TREATISES

treatises on the Pentateuch, extending from 1862 to 1879, and, being in advance of his time, were naturally disputed in England with a fervour of conviction equal to his own . On the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent they attracted the See also:

• NOTICE

notice of See also:

• ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

Abraham See also:

• KUENEN, ABRAHAM (1828-1891)

Kuenen, and furthered that See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar's investigations .

While the controversy raged in England, the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICAN

African bishops, whose suspicions Colenso had already incurred by the liberalityof his views respecting See also:

• POLYGAMY, (Gr. nabs, many, and yayos, marriage)

polygamy among native converts and by a commentary upon the See also:

• EPISTLE

Epistle to the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans (1861), in which he combated the See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine of eternal See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment, met in See also:

• CONCLAVE (Lat. conclave, from cum, together, and clavis, a key)

conclave to condemn him, and pronounced his deposition (See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1863) . Colenso, who had refused to appear before their tribunal otherwise than as sending a protest by See also:

• PROXY (short for " procuracy ")

proxy, appealed to the privy See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council, which pronounced that the See also:

• METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. µnrpoiroXtrns)

metropolitan of Cape See also:

• TOWN

Town (See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• GRAY
• GRAY (or GREY), WALTER DE (d. 1255)
• GRAY, ASA (1810-1888)
• GRAY, DAVID (1838-1861)
• GRAY, ELISHA (1835-1901)
• GRAY, HENRY PETERS (1819-18/7)
• GRAY, HORACE (1828–1902)
• GRAY, JOHN DE (d. 1214)
• GRAY, JOHN EDWARD (1800–1875)
• GRAY, PATRICK GRAY, 6TH BARON (d. 1612)
• GRAY, ROBERT (1809-1872)
• GRAY, SIR THOMAS (d. c. 1369)
• GRAY, THOMAS (1716-1771)

Gray) had no coercive See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction and no authority to interfere with the bishop of Natal . No decision, therefore, was given upon the merits of the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case . His adversaries, though unable to obtain his condemnation, succeeded in causing him to be generally inhibited from See also:

• PREACHING (Fr. preecher, from Lat. praedicare, to proclaim)

preaching in England, and Bishop Gray not only excommunicated him but consecrated a See also:

• RIVAL

rival bishop for Natal (W . K . Macrorie), who, however, took his See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title from Maritzburg . The contributions of the missionary See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies were withdrawn, but an See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to deprive him of his episcopal income was frustrated by a decision of the courts . Colenso, encouraged by a handsome testimonial raised in England, to which many clergymen sub-scribed, returned to his See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese, and devoted the latter years of his See also:

• LIFE

life to furtherlaboursasa biblical commentator and translator . He also championed the cause of the natives against See also:

• BOER

Boer oppression and See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official encroachments, a course by which he made more enemies among the colonists than he had ever made among the See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy . He died at See also:

• DURBAN

Durban on the loth of See also:

• JUNE

June 1883 . His daughter Frances Ellen Colenso (1849–1887) published two books on the relations of the Zulus to the See also:

• BRITISH

British (188o and 1885), taking a See also:

• PRO

pro-Zulu view; and an See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder daughter, Harriette E . Colenso (b .

1847), became prominent as an See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate of the natives in opposition to their treatment by Natal, especially in the case of Dinizulu in 1888–1889 and in 1908–1909 . See his Life by See also:

• SIR

Sir G . W . See also:

• COX, DAVID (1783-1859)
• COX, JACOB DOLSON (1828-1900)
• COX, KENYON (1856– )
• COX, RICHARD (I3oo ?–1581)
• COX, SAMUEL (1826–1893)
• COX, SAMUEL HANSON (1793-1880)
• COX, SIR GEORGE WILLIAM (1827-1902)

Cox (2 vols., See also:

• LONDON

London, 1888) .