Arthur Tait Explained

Arthur James Tait (8 November 1872 – 3 April 1944) was an eminent Anglican priest and author.^{[1] [2]}

Tait was educated at St Lawrence College, Ramsgate; Merchant Taylors' School, London; St John's College, Cambridge and Ridley Hall, Cambridge. After a curacy at of Holy Trinity Church, Eastbourne he was Principal of St Aidan's College, Birkenhead from 1901 until 1907; and then of Ridley Hall, Cambridge from 1908^[3] to 1927.^[4] He was a Canon Residentiary of Peterborough^[5] from 1924 until^[6] his death.

His father in law was The Rt Rev. Thomas Wortley Drury, D.D.^[7] His daughter Margaret married the university administrator Bertrand Hallward.

Notes and References

1. Among others he wrote "Christ and the Nations; Lecture Outlines on the Articles"; "The Heavenly Session of Our Lord"; "Christus Redemptor; The Prophecy of Micah: The Nature and Functions of the Sacraments"; "At the King’s Table"; "Sacrament and Presence"; and "Charles Simeon and his Trust in the first half of the twentieth century" British Library web site accessed 8 June 2016 13:03 GMT
2. ‘TAIT, Rev. Arthur James’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 9 June 2016
3. https://issuu.com/ridleyhall/docs/rh-historical-tour-guide issuu
4. http://artuk.org/discover/artworks/reverend-dr-arthur-james-tait-third-principal-of-ridley-hall-19081927-195297 Art UK
5. http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp75398/arthur-james-tait NPG
6. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34012/page/136/data.pdf London Gazette
7. https://chrisandry.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/thomas-wortley-drury/ Wordpress