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ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 696 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ALLIES, See also:THOMAS See also:WILLIAM (1813-1903) , See also:English See also:historical writer, was See also:born at Midsomer See also:Norton, near See also:Bristol, on the 12th of See also:February 1813. He was educated at See also:Eton and at Wadham See also:College, See also:Oxford, of which he became a See also:fellow in 1833. In 1840 See also:Bishop See also:Blomfield of See also:London appointed him his examining See also:chaplain and presented him to the rectory of Launton, See also:Oxfordshire, which he resigned in 1850 on becoming a See also:Roman See also:Catholic. Allies was appointed secretary to the Catholic poor school See also:committee in 1853, a position which he occupied till 1890. He died in London on the 17th of See also:June 1903. Allies was one of the ablestof the English churchmen who joined the See also:Church of See also:Rome in the See also:early See also:period of the Oxford See also:movement, his See also:chief See also:work, The Formation of Christendom (London, 8 vols., 1865–1895) showing much originality of thought and historical knowledge. His other writings: St See also:Peter, his Name and See also:Office (1852); The See of St Peter, the See also:Rock of the Church (1850); Per Crucem ad Lucem (2 vols., 1879), have gone through many See also:editions and been translated into several See also:languages. See his autobiography, A See also:Life's Decision (1880) ; and the study by his daughter, See also:Mary H. Allies, Thomas Allies, the See also:Story of a Mind (London, 1906), which contains a full bibliography of his See also:works.

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