HENRY HART MILMAN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 12/23/1861 - HFSID 73527
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HENRY HART MILMAN
The St. Paul's Cathedral administrator agrees to sign a petition that
is to be presented to the Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston
Autograph letter signed: "H.H. Milman" in black ink. 1 page
front and verso, 4½x7 folded black-bordered mourning paper. St. Paul's
Cathedral, London, England. December 23, 1861. In part: "You have my
full permission to subject my name to the petition offered to Lord
Palmerston". The "Very Reverend" Henry Hart Milman (1791-1868) was a
historian and ecclesiastic scholar. Born the third son of Sir Francis Milman,
physician to King George III, Milman had a brilliant university career at
Oxford, winning the Newdigate Prize for his poetry in 1812, was elected a
fellow of Brasenose in 1814, and won the English essay prize in 1816 for his
Comparative Estimate of Sculpture and Painting. In 1816 he was ordained and
became a parish priest of St. Mary's in Reading, and only a few years later he
was elected a professor of poetry at Oxford. In 1835 he was named by Sir Robert
Peel as Rector of St. Margaret's in Westminster, and in 1849 was named Dean
of St. Paul's Cathedral. However, Milman is best remembered for his
literary career which included several poetic and theological writings. His best
known work is his History of Jews (1829), the first work of
English theology to subject the Bible to historical criticism; he also wrote the
History of Christianity (1840), History of Latin
Christianity (1854), as well as several book of poems such as
Hymns (1837), Psalms and Hymns (1837). Normal
mailing folds. Edges rounded and frayed. Small stains throughout. Pencil notes
in top margin in unknown hand. Tape and glue adhesive on verso, stained.
Slightly soiled. Otherwise, fine condition.
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