Edward Bishop Elliott by T & J Holroyd (1860s)

Edward Bishop Elliott (24 July 1793, in Paddington – 30 June 1875) was an English clergyman, preacher and premillennarian writer.

Elliott graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1816,[1][2] and he was given the vicarage of Tuxford, Nottinghamshire in 1824 then later was made prebendary of Heytesbury, Wiltshire. In 1849, he became incumbent of St Mark's Church, Kemptown, Brighton. Elliott was evangelical, premillennial and an ardent supporter of missions. Thoroughly equipped as a scholar, he spent a lifetime in the study of biblical prophecy.[3]

Edward's most notable work is the eschatological study, Horae Apocalypticae (Hours of the Apocalypse), which Charles Spurgeon referred to as the standard work for commentary on the book of Revelation and the Apocalypse. Elliott held to the historicist view of eschatology that the book of Revelation covers history from the time of the apostle John up to the second advent of Christ.[4]

Personal life

His siblings included the divine, Henry Venn Elliott, and the hymnist, Charlotte Elliott; their maternal grandfather was Henry Venn of Clapham Sect; and their uncle was John Venn, Rector of Clapham.[5]

Elliott's father-in-law was Sir Richard Steele, 3rd Baronet (1775–1850).[6][7]

His daughter was the hymnist, Emily Elizabeth Steele Elliott.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Elliott, Edward Bishop (ELT811EB)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ↑ "E.B. Elliot (1793-1875) Author of Horae Apocalypticae". Midnight Oil Books. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Le Roy Froom, The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, Vol 3. 716
  4. ↑ "Horae Apocalypticae; or, A Commentary on the Apocalypse, Critical and Historical". Still Waters Revival Books. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Hatfield, Edwin Francis (1884). The Poets of the Church: A Series of Biographical Sketches of Hymn-writers with Notes on Their Hymns. A. D. F. Randolph. p. 228. Retrieved 23 December 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ↑ "Harriette Emily Steele Female about 1805 – 6 February 1913". www.familysearch.org. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Death after an operation, 3 Aug 1897, Emily Elizabeth Steele Elliott". Reynolds's Newspaper. 8 August 1897. p. 8. Retrieved 23 December 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  8. ↑ Smith, Nicholas (1903). Songs from the Hearts of Women: One Hundred Famous Hymns and Their Writers. A.C. McClurg. pp. 165–67. Retrieved 21 December 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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