Nicholas Ferrar
English scholar, courtier and church innovator 1592–1637 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nicholas Ferrar (22 February 1592 – 4 December 1637) was an English scholar, courtier and businessman, who was ordained a deacon in the Church of England. He lost much of his fortune in the Virginia Company and retreated with his extended family in 1626 to the manor of Little Gidding, Huntingdonshire, for his remaining years, in an informal spiritual community following High Anglican practice.[1] His friend the poet and Anglican priest George Herbert (1593–1633), on his deathbed, sent Ferrar the manuscript of The Temple, telling him to publish the poetry if it might "turn to the advantage of any dejected poor soul." "If not, let him burn it; for I and it are less than the least of God's mercies."[2] Ferrar published the verses in 1633; they remain in print.
Nicholas Ferrar | |
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Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community | |
Born | (1592-02-22)22 February 1592 City of London, England |
Died | 4 December 1637(1637-12-04) (aged 45) Little Gidding, Huntingdonshire |
Venerated in | Anglican Communion |
Feast | 4 December (Church of England), 1 December (Episcopal Church (US) and Southern Africa) |