Brooke Foss Westcott (1825–1901)

Biblical scholar. BA, Cambridge, 1848; fellow of Trinity College, 1849. Ordained deacon and priest, 1851. Assistant master at Harrow School, 1852–68. Examining chaplain to the bishop of Peterborough, 1868–83; residential canon, 1869–83. Regius professor of divinity at Cambridge, from 1870. Canon of Westminster, 1884–90; bishop of Durham, 1890–1901.