Sir Edwyn Hoskyns, 13th Baronet


Sir Edwyn Clement Hoskyns, 13th Baronet, was an English Anglican priest and theologian.

Career

Hoskyns was born on 9 August 1884 in Notting Hill, London, the eldest child and only son of Bishop Edwyn Hoskyns and his wife Mary Constance Maude Benson. He was a fellow and Dean of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and a notable biblical scholar. On his father's death in 1925, he succeeded to the Hoskyns baronetcy. His influence on the next generation of clergymen was considerable, e.g., on Michael Ramsey, Gabriel Hebert, Christopher Evans, and Donald Lynch.
He died on 28 June 1937 in London and was buried in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire.

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