Laurence Grensted | |
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| Born | 1884 |
| Died | 1964 |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, chaplain |
| Known for | Philosophy of the Christian religion;Bampton Lectures onPsychology and God (1930) |
| Title | Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University College, Oxford |
| Academic work | |
| Era | 20th century |
| Discipline | Philosophy |
| Sub-discipline | Christian religion |
| Institutions | University of Oxford |
| Main interests | Philosophy of the Christian religion |
| Notable works | A Short History of the Doctrine of the Atonement (1920) |
Laurence William Grensted (1884–1964) was a BritishAnglican priest andtheologian. He wasNolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion, associated withOriel College at theUniversity of Oxford.
Laurence Grensted studied atUniversity College, Oxford and was subsequently aFellow andChaplain there from 1924 to 1930.[1] He was the author ofA Short History of the Doctrine of the Atonement, published in 1920.[2]
Grensted delivered the 1930Bampton Lectures at Oxford onPsychology and God, a study of the implications of recent psychology for religious belief and practice.[3]
Grensted was a member of theRoyal Entomological Society.[4] He was laterCanon and then Canon Emeritus atLiverpool Cathedral.[5]
Photographs of Laurence Grensted are held in the collection of theNational Portrait Gallery, London.[5]
Grensted's parents were Frederic Finnis Grensted (1857-1919), who was the vicar ofMelling, and Gertrude Ellen Grensted (née Plimpton, 1858-1927).[6][7][8]
Grensted had a younger brother named Alfred (1887-1916) who was a bank clerk and rugby player for Lancashire: Alfred served with theRoyal Welsh Fusiliers inWW1 and was killed atthe Somme.[7][9][10]
Grensted married Norah Frances Knott ofWilmslow on 15 December 1923.[11] They had two sons: Alfred David Grensted (1925-1960)[12][13] and Peter Eric Wakefield Grensted (1928-2004).[14][15]
Entomological collecting
Grensted encouraged his children to share his interest in entomology and in the 1930s and early 1940s Grensted and his sons went upon insect collecting excursions in England and Wales. Some specimens collected by the Grensted family are now in the collection of theNatural History Museum, London (e.g.: Alfred'sOrthotrichia costalis (Curtis, 1834) from Portmadoc [Porthmadog] collected in 1939,[16] Peter'sWormaldia occipitalis (Pictet, 1834) collected in Lyme Park, Cheshire in 1937[17] and Laurence Grensted's ownPhilopotamus montanus (Donovan, 1813) collected at Lynton in Devon in 1935).[18]
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| Preceded by Clement Webb | Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion 1930?–1951 | Succeeded by |
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