William Fiddian Moulton (14 March 1835 – 5 February 1898) was an English Methodist minister, biblical scholar and educator.
William Fiddian Moulton | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Moulton in the Memorial Chapel, The Leys School, Cambridge | |
| President of the Methodist Conference | |
| In office 1890–1891 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Henry Kelly |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Bowman Stephenson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 March 1835 |
| Died | 5 February 1898 (aged 62) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Wesleyan Methodist minister |
Biography
editWilliam's father, James Moulton, was a Wesleyan Methodist minister and he had at least three other brothers, and probably two sisters. Like his father and grandfather, William became a Wesleyan minister and in 1875 the first headmaster of The Leys School, Cambridge. He remained headmaster for the rest of his life; one of the school's houses is named after him.
He was elected President of the Methodist Conference at Bristol in 1890.[1]
On a stormy afternoon in 1898, he was on his way to visit a sick parishioner when he suffered a heart attack in the grounds of the school. A gardener found him and bought him back to his house, where he died soon after, aged sixty-two. He was interred in Histon Road Cemetery, Cambridge, and has a memorial in Wesley's Chapel, London. The Memorial Chapel, The Leys School was built as a memorial to him; the chapel was consecrated on 27 October 1906.
In his biography, his son James noted that "So genuine was his sense of unworthiness that praise to him became a positive pain. He would walk out of the room rather than hear a laudatory passage about himself."
Works
editHe wrote a concordance of the Greek New Testament, and some titles with his son James. He sat on various inter-denominational committees concerned with translations of the New Testament.
- Selected writings
- The History of the English Bible (1st ed.). 1878. Moulton, William Fiddian (1882). 2nd edition, revised. Moulton, William Fiddian (1911). 5th edition, revised & enlarged by the sons of Rev. W. F. Moulton.[2]
- A Treatise on the Grammar of New Testament Greek by G. B. Winer, translated from the German. [1]
- Concordance to the Greek Testament, with Alfred Shenington Geden [2], (subsequently revised by his grandson Harold Keeling Moulton, ISBN 0 567 08571 6)
- The Story of the Manchester Mission
- The Old World and the New Faith, Notes Upon the Historical Narrative Contained in the Acts of the Apostles [3]
- Biography
- William F. Moulton, a memoir [4] written by his two sons, William Fiddian Moulton Jr. and James Hope Moulton.
See also
edit- John Fletcher Moulton, brother
- Richard Green Moulton, brother
- James Egan Moulton, brother
- James Hope Moulton, son
References
edit- ^ anon. (1891). Wesley and His Successors. London: Charles H Kelly. p. 258.
- ^ "Review of History of the English Bible by the late Rev. W. F. Moulton; revised and enlarged by his sons". The London Quarterly Review. 116: 159. 1911.
Sources
edit- Norgate, Gerald le Grys (1901). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- John Wesley's School at Kingswood by John Telford