Robert Lawrence Ottley

He was the son of Lawrence Ottley, Canon of Ripon. He was born in Richmond, Yorkshire, and was educated by his sister Alice OttleyGillian Avery, 'Ottley, Alice (1840–1912)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/52263, retrieved 21 January 2017] and at King's School, Canterbury. The rest of his academic career up to 1933 was spent at Oxford. His undergraduate studies took place at Pembroke College, of which he became an Honorary Fellow in 1905. He was tutor at Christ Church in 1881, and Principal of Cuddesdon Theological College from 1886. In 1890 he became Divinity Dean at Magdalen College. Then, in 1893 he became Principal of Pusey House. During 1903, he was appointed Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology, and also a Canon of Christ Church.

He wrote:

• Christian Ethics contributed to [https://archive.org/details/luxmundiseriesof00gor Lux Mundi] (1890)
• Lancelot Andrewes (1894)- see also [https://archive.org/details/andreweslancelot00ottluoft text] at Internet Archive
• [https://archive.org/details/doctrineofincarn00ottl The Doctrine of the Incarnation] (1895)
• [https://archive.org/details/aspectsofoldtest00ottluoft Aspects of the Old Testament], the Bampton Lectures (1897)
• [https://archive.org/details/hebrewprophets00ottl The Hebrew Prophets] (1898)
• [https://archive.org/details/shorthistoryofhe00ottliala Short History of the Hebrews to the Roman Period] (1901)
• [https://archive.org/details/graceoflife00ottl The Grace of Life] (1903)
• [https://archive.org/details/thereligionofisr00ottluoft The Religion of Israel] (1905)
• [https://archive.org/details/christianideasan00ottluoft Christian ideas and ideals : an outline of Christian ethical theory] (1909)
• The Rule of Faith and Hope (1911)
• [https://archive.org/details/ruleoflifeloveex00ottl The Rule of Life and love: an exposition of the Ten Commandments] (1913)
• Christian Morals (1914)
• [https://archive.org/details/ruleofworkworshi00ottl The Rule of Work and Worship: An Exposition of the Lord's Prayer] (1915)
• [https://archive.org/details/studiesconfess00ottluoft Studies in the Confessions of St. Augustine] (1919)

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