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English Anglican theologian (1820–1887) For other people named Charles Swainson, see Charles Swainson (disambiguation).

The ReverendCharles Swainson
Born	Charles Anthony Swainson (1820-05-29)29 May 1820 Liverpool, England
Died	15 September 1887(1887-09-15) (aged 67)
Title	Master of Christ's College, Cambridge (1881–1887)


Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity (Anglican)
Church	Church of England
Ordained	1843 (deacon) 1844 (priest)




Academic background
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Academic work
Discipline	Theology
Institutions	Chichester Theological College Christ's College, Cambridge

Charles Anthony Swainson (1820–1887) was an English Anglican theologian, Principal of Chichester Theological College, Norrisian Professor of Divinity, and subsequently Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity, Master of Christ's College, Cambridge, and a canon of Chichester. His published works deal mainly with the Eastern liturgies and the creeds.

Life

He was the second son of Anthony Swainson of Liverpool, a merchant and brother of Charles Swainson of Preston. He was educated at the Royal Institution of Liverpool's school, and matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1837, graduating BA in 1841, MA in 1844, and DD in 1864.

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Academic offices
Preceded by	Principal of Chichester Theological College 1854–1870	Succeeded byArthur Rawson Ashwell
Preceded byHarvey Goodwin	Hulsean Lecturer 1857–1858	Succeeded byCharles Ellicott
Preceded byHarold Browne	Norrisian Professor of Divinity 1864–1879	Succeeded byJ. Rawson Lumby
Preceded byJ. B. Lightfoot	Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity 1879–1887	Succeeded byF. J. A. Hort
Preceded byJames Cartmell	Master of Christ's College, Cambridge 1881–1887	Succeeded byJohn Peile
Preceded byNorman Macleod Ferrers	Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1885	Succeeded byCharles Taylor

v t e Norris–Hulse Professor of Divinity
Norrisian Professors	John Hey (1780) James Fawcett (1795) Thomas Calvert (1815) John Hollingworth (1824) George Corrie (1838) Harold Browne (1854) Charles Swainson (1864) J. Rawson Lumby (1879) Armitage Robinson (1893) Handley Moule (1899) Frederic Chase (1901) Francis Crawford Burkitt (1905)
Hulsean Professors	Charles Ellicott (1860) J. B. Lightfoot (1861) John Perowne (1875) F. J. A. Hort (1878) Herbert Edward Ryle (1887) William Emery Barnes (1901)
Norris–Hulse Professor of Divinity	Francis Crawford Burkitt (1934) C. H. Dodd (1935) Herbert Henry Farmer (1949) Donald M. MacKinnon (1960) Nicholas Lash (1978) Denys Turner (1999) Sarah Coakley (2007) Catherine Pickstock (2018)

v t e Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity
John Fisher Thomas Cosyn William Burgoyne Desiderius Erasmus John Fawne Thomas Ashley William Buckmaster John Redman William Skete Wiliam Glyn John Redman Thomas Sedgwick George Bullock Robert Beaumont Matthew Hutton John Whitgift William Chaderton Thomas Cartwright John Still John Hansome Peter Baro Thomas Playfere John Davenant Samuel Ward Richard Holdsworth Richard Love Peter Gunning John Pearson Ralph Widdrington Humphrey Gower Robert Jenkin John Newcome Zachary Brooke John Mainwaring Herbert Marsh John James Blunt William Selwyn J. B. Lightfoot Charles Swainson F. J. A. Hort J. Rawson Lumby Arthur James Mason Alexander Kirkpatrick William Ralph Inge James Bethune-Baker F. S. Marsh C. F. D. Moule Morna Hooker Graham Stanton Judith Lieu George van Kooten

v t e Masters of Christ's College, Cambridge
John Sickling Richard Wyot Thomas Thompson John Watson Henry Lockwood Richard Wilkes Cuthbert Scott William Taylor Edward Hawford Edmund Barwell Valentine Cary Thomas Bainbridge Samuel Bolton Ralph Cudworth John Covel William Towers George Rooke Hugh Thomas John Barker Thomas Browne John Kaye John Graham Joseph Shaw James Cartmell Charles Anthony Swainson John Peile Sir Arthur Shipley Norman McLean Charles Galton Darwin Charles Raven Brian Downs The Lord Todd John H. Plumb Hans Kornberg Alan Munro Malcolm Bowie Frank Kelly Jane Stapleton

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