Men of the Time, eleventh edition/Blunt, John Henry
BLUNT, John Henry, M.A., D.D., F.S.A., born in 1823, in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, was educated at University College, Durham; and, after taking orders, and filling several curacies in the dioceses of Durham, Oxford, Exeter, and Ely, was appointed Vicar of Kennington, a small hamlet of labouring people, near Oxford, and in the patronage of All Souls' College. He was presented by the Crown to the rectory of Beverston, Gloucestershire, Jan. 20, 1873, Mr. Gladstone being then Prime Minister. In earlier years Mr. Blunt was a constant contributor to Church reviews and magazines, and the author of lectures on the Creed, entitled, "The Atonement and the At-one-maker," published in 1855, and also of many pamphlets. Since 1864 he has published the following works:—"Directorium Pastorale," a volume on the principles and practice of pastoral work in the Church of England, which has gone through many editions; "Household Theology," a handbook of religious information about the Bible, Prayer-book, &c., which has also gone through many editions; "The Annotated Book of Common Prayer," a large volume forming an historical, ritual, and theological commentary on the devotional system of the Church of England, of which eight or nine editions have been printed, and which is now the standard work on its subject; a "History of the Reformation of the Church of England," in two octavo volumes, embracing the period from 1514 to 1662; "The Doctrine of the Church of England as stated in Ecclesiastical Documents set forth by authority of Church and State, from 1536 to 1662;" "The Book of Church Law;" "The Sacraments and Sacramental Ordinances of the Church;" "A Christian View of Christian History;" several smaller volumes, entitled, "Keys to the Knowledge and use of the Prayer-book, Bible, Church Catechism," &c.; "A Plain Account of the English Bible, from the earliest times of its Translation to the present day;" two large volumes, entitled, "A Dictionary of Doctrinal and Historical Theology;" and "A Dictionary of Sects, Heresies, Ecclesiastical Parties, and Schools of Religious Thought," 1874; "Tewkesbury Abbey and its Associations," 1874; "Dursley, Beverston, and some neighbouring Parishes," 1877; and an "Annotated Bible," in three quarto volumes.