Tracts for the Times

Published at Oxford during the years 1833–1841, and hence called the Oxford Tracts.

A. i.e. Rev. John Keble, M.A., author of the Christian Year, fellow of Oriel, and formerly Professor of Poetry at Oxford.

B. Rev. Isaac Williams, Fellow of Trinity; author of The Cathedral, and other Poems.

C. Rev. E. B. Pusey, D.D., Regius Professor of Hebrew, and Canon of Christ Church.

D. Rev. John Henry Newman, D.D., Fellow of Oriel, writer of the celebrated Tract No. 90, which was the last.

E. Rev. Thomas Keble.

F. Sir John Provost, Bart.

G. Rev. R. F. Wilson, of Oriel.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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