F. C. Burkitt

Francis Crawford Burkitt FBA (3 September 1864 – 11 May 1935) was an English theologian and Norris Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. Burkitt strongly disagreed with the idea of a separate "Caesarean Text" of the New Testament, which was suggested by B. H. Streeter and others.

 Life 

Burkitt was awarded Doctor of Divinity in 1915. He was Norrisian Professor of Divinity from 1905 to 1934, and then Norris–Hulse Professor of Divinity from 1934 until his death in 1935.

Burkitt played an important role in deciphering a Syriac palimpsest of the Gospels in subsequent publication of the team's findings.

He was also president of the Cambridge Philological Society from 1904 to 1905. Burkitt was one of the founding member of the Cambridge Theological Society that was dedicated to research, and president from 1907-09.

 Honours 

The Burkitt Medal, awarded by the British Academy, is named in his honour.

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