Значение слова MAURICE в Литературной энциклопедии

FREDERICK DENISON (1805-1872).-Divine, _s._ of a Unitarian minister, was _b._ at Normanston, near Lowestoft, and studied at Camb., but being then a Dissenter, could not graduate. He went to London, and engaged in literary work, writing for the _Westminster Review_ and other periodicals, and for a short time ed. the _Athenaeum_. His theological views having changed, he joined the Church of England, went to Oxf., graduated, and was ordained 1834. He became Chaplain to Guy's Hospital, and held other clerical positions in London. In 1840 he was appointed Prof. of English Literature and History at King's Coll., and subsequently Prof. of Theology. He became a leader among the Christian socialists, and for a short time ed. their paper. On the publication of his _Theological Essays_ in 1853 he was asked to resign his professorship at King's Coll. In 1854 he was one of the founders of the Working Men's Coll., of which he became Principal, and in 1866 he was made Prof. of Moral Philosophy at Camb. Among his writings are _The Religions of the World and their Relation to Christianity_, _Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy_, _The Prophets and Kings of the Old Testament_ (1853), _The Doctrine of Sacrifice_, and _Theological Essays_. M.'s style was copious, and was often blamed as obscure; nevertheless, he exercised an extraordinary influence over some of the best minds of his time by the originality of his views, and the purity and elevation of his character.