Francis Burkitt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Francis Burkitt

British theologian and scholar

Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1864

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 03-May-1935

Profession: theologian, orientalist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Francis Crawford Burkitt, FBA (3 September 1864 – 1935) was an English theologian and scholar.
As Norris Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge from 1905 until shortly before his death, Burkitt was a sturdy critic of the notion of a distinct "Caesarean Text" of the New Testament put forward by B.
H.
Streeter and others.