Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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.
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Burgon, John William. The Portrait of a Christian Gentleman. John Murray, 1859.