Author:Frederic William Farrar

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Frederic William Farrar
(1831–1903)

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British theological writer, evolutionary philologist and a supporter of theoretical Darwinism; wrote fiction; taught at Harrow School and was headmaster at Marlborough College; successively became Canon of Westminster and Rector of St. Margaret's, Archdeacon of Westminster and Dean of Canterbury; also known as Dean Farrar

This author wrote articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB9 by the initials "F. W. F"

Works

Language and Languages, being "Chapters on Language," and "Families of Speech." (1878) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2, 3)
The Life and Work of St. Paul, Vols. 1–2 (1879) (external scan)
Talks on Temperance (1880) (external scan)
The Early Days of Christianity, Vols. 1–2 (1882) (external scan)
My Object in Life (1883) at (external scan)
The Bible and the Child: The Higher Criticism and the Teaching of the Young (1897) (external scan)

Contributions to EB9

"Jesus Christ," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (v. 13) (1881)

Works about Farrar

"Farrar, Frederic William," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
"Farrar, Frederic William," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Farrar, Frederic William," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1912) in 3 vols.

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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