Brooke Foss Westcott, an English clergyman, born near Birmingham in January, 1825. He graduated at Cambridge in 1848, took orders in 1851, and became assistant master in Harrow school in 1852, examining chaplain to the bishop of Peterborough in 1868, a canon of the cathedral in 1869, and regius professor of divinity at Cambridge in 1870. His publications include " Elements of the Gospel Harmony" (1851); " History of the Canon of the New Testament during the first four Centuries" (1855; 4th ed., 1875); "Characteristics of the Gospel Miracles," sermons before the university of Cambridge (1859); "Introduction to the Study of the Gospels" (1860; 4th ed., 1872); "The Bible in the Church, a Popular Account of the Collection and Reception of the Holy Scriptures in the Christian Churches " (1864; 3d ed., 1872); "The Gospel of the Resurrection, Thoughts on its relation to Reason and History" (1866; 3d ed., 1874); "A General View of the History of the English Bible " (1868); and " The Christian Life Manifold and One," six sermons (1870).