Pender Hodge Cudlip(1835–1911) was an English AnglicanHigh Churchclergyman, theologian and writer. Born inCornwall,he became well known as a preacher inDevonand spent most of his clerical life there. As the husband of writerAnnie Hall Cudlip,néeThomas, he self-published a series of books onreligionandtheologybetween 1895 and 1905.
Rev Pender Hodge Cudlip | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1835 Porthleven,Cornwall,U.K. |
| Died | 1911 Sparkwell,Devon |
| Pen name | PH Cudlip |
| Occupation | Writer, clergyman, theologian |
| Nationality | British |
| Genre | Non-fiction,religion,theology |
| Spouse | Annie Hall Cudlip(1867–1911) |
| Children | Daisy, Ethel and Eric |
Biography
editPender Hodge Cudlip was born to William Edgecombe Cudlip inPorthlevennearHelston,Cornwallin April 1835.[1]He attended theUniversity of Oxford,matriculatingon 25 April 1855 and receiving degrees fromMagdalen Hall,[2]– his BA in 1858 and MA four years later.[3][4][5]While attending Oxford, Cudlip co-wrote an article,Music,with Tremenheere Johns andPascoe Grenfell Hillfor theHelston Grammar School Magazine.[1]
Cudlip was ordained a deacon in 1860, then a priest by the Bishop of Exeter in 1861.[5]His first clerical posting atBuckfastleigh,Devon, was followed byModburyin 1861–1866. In 1867, while a curate inYealmpton,also in Devon,[3]he met Annie Hall Thomas and the two were married on 10 July that year.[2][6][7][8][9]The couple had six children, of whom three survived to adulthood.[10]One of his daughters later married MajorWilliam Price Drury,aRoyal Marine,who wrote some nautical novels at the end of the century.[11]
The Cudlips lived in Devon for most of their married lives, except for 1873–1884 spent inPaddington, London.[12]Thereafter Cudlip was vicar ofSparkwellfor 25 years.[2][4]He also held the title of Rural Dean of Plympton.[5]Before his death in 1911, Cudlip published several books on religion, includingBible Worship or The Continuity of Sacrificial Worship(1895),Meditations On The Revelations Of The Resurrection(1896),Why I Should Be Confirmed?(1898) andThe Eucharistic Glory Of The Incarnation(1904).
Bibliography
edit- Bible Worship or, The Continuity of Sacrificial Worship,1895
- Meditations On The Revelations Of The Resurrection,1896
- Why I Should Be Confirmed?,1898
- The Eucharistic Glory Of The Incarnation,1904
References
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- ^abGeorge Clement Boaseand William Prideaux Courtney, eds.,Bibliotheca Cornubiensis: A Catalogue of the Writings, both Manuscript and Printed, of Cornishmen, and of Works Relating to the County of Cornwall, with Biographical Memoranda and Copious Literary References,vol. 1, London: Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1874, p. 100.
- ^abcWilliam Cushing,Initials and Pseudonyms: A Dictionary of Literary Disguises,vol. 2, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1888, p. 208.
- ^abCrockford's Clerical Directory for 1870: Being a Biographical and Statistical Book for Reference for Facts Relating to the Clergy and the Church.5th. ed. London: Horace Cox, 1870, p. 175.
- ^abJoseph Foster, ed.Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886,vol. 1, London: Joseph Foster, 1887, p. 324.
- ^abcA. W. Holland, ed.The Oxford & Cambridge Yearbook.London: S. Sonnenschein & Co., Ltd, 1904, p. 147.
- ^Thomas Humphry Ward, ed.,Men of the Time: A Dictionary of Contemporaries, Containing Biographical Notices of Eminent Characters of Both Sexes,12th ed., London: George Routledge and Sons, 1887, p. 277.)
- ^Victor G. Plarr,Men and Women of the Time: A Dictionary of Contemporaries,15th ed., London: George Routledge & Sons, 1899, p. 261.
- ^The New Werner Twentieth Century Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. XXVI. Akron, Ohio: The Werner Company, 1907, p. 330.
- ^Rolf Loeber, Magda Stouthamer-Loeber and Anne Mullin Burnham, eds.A Guide to Irish Fiction, 1650-1900,Dublin: Four Courts, 2006, p. 1289.ISBN1-85182-940-7
- ^The Biograph and Review,Vol. V, London: E. W. Allen, 1881, pp. 271–273.
- ^Sutherland, John(1989)."Cudlip, Pender".The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction.Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 165.ISBN0804715289.
- ^Sandra Kemp, Charlotte Mitchell and David Trotter.Edwardian Fiction: An Oxford Companion.Oxford University Press, 1997, p. 86.ISBN0-19-811760-4