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R. H. Charles

Entity ID:

robert-henry-charles

Long Name:

Charles, R. H. (Robert Henry), 1855-1931

Short Name:

R. H. Charles

Disambiguation String:

British Biblical scholar

Entity Type:

person

Entity Subtype:

author

Summary:

Robert Henry Charles left parochial work in 1889 to devote himself to biblical research and became the greatest authority of his time in matters of Jewish eschatology and apocrypha. He became a canon at Westminster Abbey in 1913 and archdeacon there in 1919. His books include Eschatology (1913, 2nd ed), Between the Old and New Testaments (1914), and his edition of The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament. (1913).

Charles was born in county Tyrone, Northern Ireland. He was educated at Queen's University, Belfast, and Trinity College, Dublin. Among his other publications are The Apocalypse (1920), Divorce and Nullity (1927), and The Resurrection of Man (1930).

Viaf ID:

54279483

DB Pedia ID:

Robert_Charles_(scholar)

Biblical Status:

canonical

Is An Individual:

Yes

Is Published:

Yes

Birth Date:

August 6, 1855

Death Date:

January 30, 1931

Occupation:

British Biblical scholar

Works:

Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament in English