Introduction

Biography

Frederic was the son of a mis­sion­ary to In­dia who was lat­er rec­tor at Sid­cup, Kent, Eng­land.

Frederic at­tend­ed King Will­iam’s Col­lege on the Isle of Man, and King’s Col­lege, Lon­don. In 1852, he won a schol­ar­ship to the Uni­ver­si­ty of Lon­don, where he earned his ba­che­lor’s degree. He then went to Tri­ni­ty Col­lege at Cam­bridge, where he took a num­ber of hon­ors, in­clud­ing the Chan­cel­lor’s Prize in Eng­lish verse.

In 1854, he gra­du­at­ed with first class clas­sic­al hon­ors and took Ho­ly Or­ders. For a while he served as as­sist­ant mas­ter at Har­row School. In 1869, he be­came chap­lain to Queen Vic­tor­ia.

From 1871–76, he was head­mas­ter of Marl­bo­rough Col­lege. He lat­er served as a canon of West­min­ster Ab­bey; rec­tor of St. Mar­ga­ret’s, West­min­ster; arch­dea­con of West­min­ster; and dean of Can­ter­bu­ry.

Works

Farrar achieved a high re­pu­ta­tion as a writ­er and preach­er. He wrote vol­umes of po­pu­lar fic­tion, and sev­er­al im­port­ant works in phi­lo­lo­gy and theo­lo­gy. His other works in­clude:

• Eric: or, Lit­tle by Lit­tle (New York: Rudd & Carle­ton, 1859)
• Julian Home, a Tale of Col­lege Life (New York: M. Doo­la­dy, 1866)
• The Life of Christ (New York: E. P. Dut­ton, 1884)
• Life and Work of St. Paul