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The Good and the Great

Outstanding Christian Men and Women from the Diocese of Ely

In this section of the website we commemorate some outstanding Christian men and women from this Diocese whose lives have influenced history and the world.

Our biographical collection of the good and the great includes some scholars and thinkers, some social reformers and some people in history whose lives have transformed society. Their common bond is their Christian commitment and their link with this part of England.

Biographies

Botulph Berridge, John Clarkson, Thomas Clerk Maxwell, James

Botulph
Medieval Saint
died c. 680

Berridge, John
1716 –1793

Clarkson, Thomas
1760–1846

Clerk Maxwell, James
1831–1879

Cranmer, Thomas Ferrar, Nicholas Ferrar, Nicholas Fisher, John

Cranmer, Thomas
Archbishop
1489-1556

Faber, Frederick William
1814–1863

Ferrar, Nicholas
1593–1637

Fisher, John
1469 – 1534

Herbert, George Herbert, George Hill, Octavia Latimer, Hugh

Henslow, John Stevens
1796–1861

Herbert, George
1593–1633

Hill, Octavia
1838–1912

Latimer, Hugh
Protestant Martyr
c1491-1555

Martyn, Henry Robertson, Algy Sayers, Dorothy L Selwyn, George Augustus

Martyn, Henry
1812–1781

Robertson, Algy
1894-1955

Sayers, Dorothy L
1893–1957

Selwyn, George Augustus
1809–1878

Taylor, Jeremy Westcott, Brooke Ramsden Wollaston, John Wolsey, William &  Robert, Pygot

Taylor, Jeremy
1613–1667

Westcott, Brooke
Biblical Scholar
1825-1901

Wollaston, John Ramsden
1791–1856
Wolsey, William &
Robert, Pygot

died 1555

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