Background
Body, Charles William Edmund was born on October 4, 1851 in Clapham, England. Son of Review E. E. Body.
Body, Charles William Edmund was born on October 4, 1851 in Clapham, England. Son of Review E. E. Body.
Educated St. John’s College, Cambridge, England, 1871-1876, fellow, 1877-1881. B A., University of Cambridge, England, 1875, Tyrrwhit Hebrew scholar, Master of Arts, 1878. (Doctor of Civil Law, Trinity U., Toronto, 1883.
S.T.D., Hobart, 1887. Doctor of Divinity, Bishop’s College, Canada).
Deacon, 1876, priest, 1877, Protestant Episcopal Church. Curate Chesterton, 1876-1881. Provost and vice-chancellor, Trinity U., Toronto, 1881-1894.
Professor O.T. literature and interpretation, General Theological Seminary, since 1894. Author: The Permanent Value of Genesis (Paddock lectures for 1894), 1894.
Author: The Permanent Value of Genesis (Paddock lectures for 1894), 1894.
Married Frances Mary Perry, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England, 1881.