Caldecott, Alfred

CALDECOTT, ALFRED: Church of England; b. at Chester Nov. 9, 1850. He was educated at the University of London (B.A., 1873) and at St. John's College, Cambridge (B.A., 1879), and was ordered deacon in 1880, and ordained priest two years later. He was curate of Christ Church, Stafford, in 1880, fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1880–86, and fellow and dean of the same college in 1889–95, in addition to being curate of St. Paul's, Cambridge, in 1881–82, vicar of Horningsey, Cambridgeshire, in 1882–84, and principal of Codrington College, Barbados, and examining chaplain to the bishop of Barbados in 1884–86. He was organizing secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel at Cambridge in 1889–1905, and was rector of North cum South Lophan, Norfolk, in 1895–98. Since the latter year he has been rector of Frating cum Thorington, Essex, and has also been examining chaplain to the bishop of St. Albans since 1903. He was examiner in Moral Science Tripos in Cambridge in 1884, 1888–89, and 1893–94, and was select preacher in the same university in 1884, 1890–91, and 1894, while in 1891–1892 he was junior proctor. In addition to his duties as rector, he has been professor of moral and mental philosophy in King's College, London, since 1891, and examiner in theology in the University of London since 1902, as well as Cambridge Extension Lecturer in 1880–82 and 1886–87. He has likewise been senior secretary of St. John's Cambridge Mission in South London in 1883–86 and 1889–95, vice-president of the Cambridge Ethical Society in 1890–1905, governor of Colchester Grammar School in 1900–05, a member of the committee of the Christian Evidence Society since 1903, and a member of the Senate of the University of London since 1904. In 1906 he was elected a fellow of King's College, London. He has written: English Colonisation and Empire (London, 1891); The Church in the West Indies (1898); and The Philosophy of Religion in England and America (1901).