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- 1871-1903 (Creation)
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1 box
305 items: letters (some printed); postcards; notes; committee material such as members' lists, minutes, proposals, and records of resolutions (some printed); printed books and articles.
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Correspondence, notes, and printed material largely relating to W. Aldis Wright's work as Secretary of the Old Testament Revision Company. Includes correspondence from: S. R. Driver; F. J. A. Hort; W. F. Moulton, J. Troutbeck, Maxwell Ben-Oliel; Connop Thirwell, G. C.M. Douglas, Frederick Field, John Dury Geden and Charles Kingsley along with several copies/drafts of letters by W. Aldis Wright to others. Notes by William Barnes; R. L. Bensly, Schiller-Szinessy, William Selwyn, and others. Includes material on the disposition of the remaining funds after the completion of the project.
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An undated handwritten list, found in the box, has been scanned and attached to this record as a digital object. Please note that, while some errors have been detected and corrected, others may remain.
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Other material relating to W. Aldis Wright's work on the Revised Version is in Add.Ms.b.63-64, 66.
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- Driver, Samuel Rolles (1846-1916) biblical scholar and clergyman (Subject)
- Hort, Fenton John Anthony (1828-1892), biblical scholar and theologian (Subject)
- Moulton, William Fiddian (1835-1898), biblical scholar (Subject)
- Troutbeck, John (1832-1899) clergyman, translator and musicologist (Subject)
- Oliel, Maxwell Mochluff Ben- (c 1833-1907) clergyman (Subject)
- Thirlwall, Newell Connop (1797–1875) bishop of St David's, historian (Subject)
- Douglas, George Cunningham Monteith (1826-1904) clergyman and Hebrew scholar (Subject)
- Field, Frederick (1801-1885), patristics scholar (Subject)
- Geden, John Dury (1822–1886) Wesleyan minister and Hebrew scholar (Subject)
- Kingsley, Charles (1819-1875), novelist, Church of England clergyman, and controversialist (Subject)
- Szinessy, Solomon Marcus Schiller- (1820-1890), Hungarian rabbi and academic (Subject)
- Bensly, Robert Lubbock (1831-1893) Hebrew, Syriac, and biblical scholar (Subject)
- Barnes, William (1801-1886) poet, philologist and clergyman (Subject)
- Selwyn, William (1806-1875), Church of England clergyman (Subject)