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JOHN BIRD SUMNER (1780-1862)

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 83 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN
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BIRD SUMNER (1780-1862)
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English archbishop, elder
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brother of Bishop Charles Sumner, was born at
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Kenilworth,
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Warwickshire, and educated at
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Eton and Cambridge . In 1802 he became a master at Eton, and in the following
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year he took orders . He was elected a
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fellow of Eton in 1817, and in 1818 the college presented him to the living of Maple Durham, Oxfordshire . After holding a prebendaryship of Durham for some years, he was consecrated bishop of Chester in 1828 . During his episcopate many churches and
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schools were built in the diocese . His numerous writings were much esteemed, especially by the evangelical party, to which he belonged; the best known are his
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Treatise on the Records of Creation and the Moral Attributes of the Creator (
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London, 1816) and The Evidence of
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Christianity derived from its Nature and Reception (London, 1821) . In 1848 he was consecrated archbishop of Canterbury, in which capacity he dealt impartially with the different church parties . In the well-known "Gorham case "1 he came into 1 George Cornelius Gorham (1787-1857) was refused institution by Bishop Phillpotts because of his Calvinistic views on baptismal regeneration . The court of arches upheld the bishop, but its decision was reversed by the privy council.conflict with Bishop Henry Phillpotts of Exeter (1778-1869), who accused him of supporting
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heresy and refused to communicate with him . He supported the
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Divorce
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Bill in parliament, but opposed the Deceased Wife's
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Sister Bill and the bill 'for removing Jewish disabilities .

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Mapledurham, Oxfordshire. is correct.NOT "Maple Durham", (which causes confusion with your statement that he is a Prependary of Durham )
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