Walter Frederic Adeney, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Walter Frederic Adeney

British biblical scholar

Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1849

Place of Birth: Ealing, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Sep-1920

Profession: university teacher, biblical scholar

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Walter Frederic Adeney (14 March 1849 – 1 September 1920) was an English Congregationalist minister, theologian, and biblical scholar.
Born in Ealing in 1849, he was educated at New College and University College London.
He served as a minister in Acton from 1872 to 1889 and became a lecturer in biblical and systematic theology at New College, London, in 1887.
He was promoted to a professorship in New Testament exegesis and church history at New College in 1889, before moving to become Principal of Lancashire Independent College in Manchester in 1903.
In addition to the numerous works he wrote on the Bible, for both academic and popular audiences, Adeney was general editor of the Century Bible Commentary, and in 1908 he published an extensive history of Eastern Christianity, The Greek and Eastern Churches.
He retired in 1913, and died in Lewes on 1 September 1920.