Introduction

Biography

Handley was the son of Hen­ry Moule (vicar of Fordington) and Ma­ry Mul­lett Ev­ans, and hus­band of Har­ri­ot Mar­y Elliott Moule.

He was edu­cat­ed at Tri­ni­ty Col­lege, Cam­bridge (BA in first class Class­ic­al & Theo­lo­gic­al Hon­ors, 1864–65). He was Car­us Prize­man, 1862; Browne’s Me­dal­ist, 1863; and won the Sea­ton­i­an Prize (1869–73 & 1876).

Taking Ho­ly Or­ders in 1867, he served as cur­ate of Ford­ing­ton (1867–73 & 1877–80); dean of Tri­ni­ty Col­lege, Cam­bridge (1874–77); principal of Rid­ley Hall, Cam­bridge (1880–99); Nor­ris­i­an Pro­fess­or of Di­vi­ni­ty at Cam­bridge (1899–1900); and bi­shop of Dur­ham (1901–20).

He was also Fel­low of his Col­lege (1865); Se­lect Preach­er at Cam­bridge (1880–81 and 1887); and chap­lain to the Bi­shop of Li­ver­pool (1880).

Works

• Poems on the Acts of the Apos­tles, 1869
• Sermons on the Li­ta­ny, 1870
• Dorchester Po­ems, 1878
• Commentaries on the Epist­les to the Ro­mans, Ephe­si­ans, and Phi­lip­pi­ans, in the Cam­bridge Bi­ble for Schools, 1880–89
• Christianus and Oth­er Po­ems, 1883
• Thoughts on Chris­tian Sanc­ti­ty, 1885
• On Un­ion with Christ, 1885
• On Spi­ri­tu­al Life, 1887