Background
B. J. Kidd was born in Birmingham on 1 January 1864, the son of the Revd James and Mary Kidd.
B. J. Kidd was born in Birmingham on 1 January 1864, the son of the Revd James and Mary Kidd.
He was educated at Christ"s Hospital before going up to Keble College, Oxford, matriculating on 17 October 1882.
He is best known for his History of the Church to Anno Domini 461, 3 volumes, which with its very full references aimed at "putting students into direct contact with the sources and enabling them to use the originals for themselves" (volume i, p v). At Keble he received honours: second class in Mods (Honour Moderations) in 1883, second class in Literae Humaniores in 1886, and first class in theology in 1887. He received his Bachelor of Arts in 1886 and his Master of Arts in 1889.
He was awarded a Bachelor's Degree in 1898 and a Doctor of Divinity in 1904.
He was ordained deacon in 1887, priest in 1888, and served as Assistant Curate at the Church of Street Philip and Street James Church, Oxford, from 1887 to 1900. He served as chaplain of Pembroke College, Oxford, from 1894 to 1896, was a lecturer in theology of the college from 1902 to 1911, and was also Tutor of the Non-Collegiate Students at Oxford (an institution that later became Street Catherine"s College, Oxford) from 1889 to 1920.
He served as examiner in the honours school of theology, 1902-1904 and 1917-1919. Examining chaplain to the Bishop of Oxford, 1912.
And to the Bishop of London, 1927.
He was Proctor in Convocation, 1917, and Prolocutor of the Convocation of Canterbury, 1932-1936. In 1920, he was appointed Warden of Keble College, Oxford, a position he held until 1939. He was appointed an Honorary Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, in 1915, and an Honorary Fellow of Keble College in 1940.
He died on 15 May 1948.
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