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The Life of James Harrison Rigg, D.D
Excerpt from The Life of James Harrison Rigg, D.D: 1821-1909 Educational authority, who gained such an honoured place in the life of his own Church and of the nation. I became his assistant during his first Presidency in 1878, and his son-in-law in 1880, so that for more than thirty years I had constant Opportunity of listening to his judgements on men and things. If this book in any measure satisfies those who knew him best, I shall be repaid for the anxious and responsible duty undertaken at the request of Dr. Rigg's family. My wife and Miss Rigg have greatly helped me by many suggestions and by their careful reading of the proof-sheets. I have to thank Dr. Workman for per mission to use t...
Methodism and Education, 1849-1902
This thorough history of the Wesleyan Methodist educational efforts in Victorian England discusses the influence of Dr. James Harrison Rigg, Principal of Westminster Training College, who dominated his church and who made friendships with senior politicians of the day. The book also looks in depth at the influence of anti-Catholicism, which was rampant in the Methodist church of the era.
