Richard Kidder | |
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| Bishop of Bath and Wells | |
 Kidder by Mary Beale | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Diocese | Bath and Wells |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | November 1658 by Ralph Brownrigg |
| Consecration | 30 August 1691 by John Tillotson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1633 |
| Died | 26 November 1703 (aged 69–70) Wells, England, Kingdom of England |
| Buried | Wells Cathedral |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Residence | Bishop's Palace, Wells |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Kidder |
| Children | Susannah |
| Alma mater | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
Richard Kidder (1633 – 26 November 1703) was an English Anglican churchman, Bishop of Bath and Wells, from 1691 to his death. He was a noted theologian.
Biography
[edit]He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was a sizar, from 1649, graduating 1652.[1] He became a Fellow there in 1655, and vicar of Stanground, Huntingdonshire, in 1659.[2] He was deprived in 1662.[3]
He was rector of Rayne Parva, Essex, from 1664 to 1674, having conformed to the Act of Uniformity 1662. He was later vicar of St. Martin Outwich, London, and in 1689 a royal chaplain,[4] and dean of Peterborough.
His A Demonstration of the Messias[5] has been identified as a significant influence on the librettist Charles Jennens, in writing the words for the Messiah of Handel.[6] This book also took up suggestions of Joseph Mede on multiple authorship of the Book of Zechariah.[7]
He was killed in the Great Storm of 1703, on 26 November (7 December in today's calendar);[8] he was in bed with his wife in the episcopal palace at Wells when the chimney fell on both of them.[9]
Works
[edit]- The Christian sufferer supported (1680)
- A Demonstration of the Messias. In which the Truth of the Christian Religion is Proved, Against All the Enemies Thereof; But Especially Against the Jews. In Three Parts (1684, 1699, 1700)
- A sermon upon the resurrection (1694)
- A Commentary on the Five Books of Moses: With a Dissertation Concerning the Author Or Writer of the said books and a general argument to each of them (1694)
- The life of the Reverend Anthony Horneck, late preacher at the Savoy (1698)
- The holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments (1715)
- A Discourse Concerning Sins of Infirmity, and Wilful Sins, with Another of Restitution (reprint, 2010)
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Kidder, Richard (KDR649R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography.
- ^ [1], CNDB.
- ^ CNDB
- ^ A Demonstration of the Messias. In which the Truth of the Christian Religion is proved, against all the Enemies thereof; but especially against the Jews. In three volumes, published 1684, 1699, 1700.
- ^ [2]; Michael Marissen, Rejoicing against Judaism in Handel's Messiah, Journal of Musicology, Spring 2007, Vol. 24, No. 2, Pages 167-194.
- ^ Bible Survey: The Book of Zechariah
- ^ 27 November, Every-Day Book
- ^ Newsletter 35
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