MAURICE, ma'ris (John), Frederic Den ison, English Anglican theologian and author, one of the leaders of the Broad Church move ment: b. Normanston, Suffolk, 29 Aug. 1805; d. Cambridge, 1 April 1872. He was son of a Unitarian clergyman; was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge; settled in London, where he was editor of the Atheneum for several years; and having decided to take holy orders entered Exeter College, Oxford. In 1834 he became curate of Bubbenhall, and two years later chap lain to Guys Hospital. He became professor of history in King's College, London, in 1840, and of divinity as well in 1846, but was deprived of both chairs in 1853 because of the liberal tenor of his 'Theological Essays.' Up to 1860 he was chaplain of Lincoln's Inn, and from 1860 to 1869 incumbent of Saint Peter's, Vere street, London. In 1866 he was elected pro fessor of moral philosophy at Cambridge. Dur ing his life in London Maurice founded the Working Men's College and Queen's College (for women), took a prominent part in various practical philanthropies and was a leader of the Christian Socialists. He was a man of
wonderfully sweet and beautiful character; a fervent preacher, who made much of the father hood of God; and a social reformer, *hose lack of success was due to the fact that he was be fore his time. Among Maurice's works are
Conway,' a novel (1834) ;