John William Burgon

Standard Name: Burgon, John William

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8 June 1884: John William Burgon preached at New College,...

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8 June 1884

John William Burgon preached at New College, Oxford , a sermon against the higher education of women as a reversal of the law of nature. Printed this year, the sermon became notorious.
Reeves, Marjorie. St. Anne’s College, Oxford. St Anne’s College, 1979.
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Burgon, John William. The Portrait of a Christian Gentleman. 2nd ed., John Murray, 1859.