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THOMAS MOZLEY (1806-1893)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 953 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THOMAS MOZLEY (1806-1893)  ,
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English divine and writer, was born at Gainsborough in 18o6, the son of a bookseller and publisher in that
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town . From
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Charterhouse school he proceeded to Oriel College, Oxford, where he became the pupil, and subsequently the intimate friend, of John Henry Newman . In 1831 he was ordained, and became, in 1836, rector of Cholderton, Wiltshire . He was, from its beginning, a strong supporter of the Tractarian
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movement, and after contributing for some time to the
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British Critic, the chief
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organ of the movement, succeeded Newman as editor in 1841 . In 1843 he was on the point of joining the
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Roman Catholic Church . Newman, however, strongly advised him to take two years to reflect, and long before that period had elapsed Mozley had determined to remain an
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Anglican . In 1844 he began to write leading articles for The Times, and continued to do so regularly for many years . In 1847 he resigned his country living and settled in
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London, but in 1868 accepted the living of Plymtree, Devonshire . From 1876—188o he was rural dean of Ottery St Mary's, Devon . He resigned his living in 188o, and removed to
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Cheltenham, where he died on the 17th of
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June 1893 . He was the author of Reminiscences, chiefly of Oriel, and the Oxford Movement, published in 1882 .

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