Walter K. Firminger

Walter K. Firminger
Born Walter Kelly Firminger
28 September 1870
Edmonton
Died 1940
Nationality British
Occupation Churchman
Known for Historian of India

Walter Kelly Firminger (28 September 1870 - 1940) was archdeacon of Calcutta and a historian of India who was the first editor of Bengal, Past & Present, the journal of Calcutta Historical Society. He was a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Early life

Walter Firminger was born on 28 September 1870 in Lower Edmonton,[1] Middlesex, the son of Captain,[2] the Reverend, Thomas Augustus Charles Firminger (died 1884)[3] and Georgina Firminger.[1] He had sisters Mary Louisa and Mabel Annie.[1] He was educated at Lancing College and Bury St. Edmunds before going up to Merton College, University of Oxford.[4] At the time of the 1891 British census, while Firminger was at Merton, the family were living at Went House, Uley Green, Uley, in Gloucestershire, England.[1]

Career

Firminger was ordained deacon at Hereford in 1893. He served as a priest in Mombasa in 1895 and was subdean in Zanzibar in 1896. He was editor of the Indian Churchman from 1900 to 1905. In 1915 he was a chaplain in Bengal. Later he was archdeacon of Calcutta.[4]

He was the first editor of Bengal, Past & Present, the journal of Calcutta Historical Society,[5] and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.[4]

Selected publications

Authored works

  • Over-population, facts and figures. 1891.
  • The idea of an Oxford modern ethical society. Oxford, 1891. (With W. Gibson)
  • A criticism of Böhm-Bawerk's doctrine of capital and interest. Oxford: Printed by J. Parker, (1892?)
  • Some thoughts on the recent criticism of the life and works of John Henry Cardinal Newman. Oxford: Printed for private circulation by James Parker, 1892.
  • What then did Dr. Newman do? Being an inquiry into his share in the church revival and a brief statement of the leading features of his religious teaching. Oxford: Blackwell, 1892.
  • Thacker's guide to Calcutta. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co. 1906.

Edited and translated works

  • Molinari, G. (1894) Religion. London: S. Sonnenschein; New York: Macmillan. (Translator)
  • Missionary sermons by various writers. London, 1898. (Editor)
  • Fullarton, William, Peter Campbell, and William Anderson. (1909) The Diaries of three surgeons of Patna, 1763. Calcutta: Calcutta Historical Society. (Editor)
  • Grand, George Francois. (1910) The narrative of the life of a gentleman long resident in India. Calcutta: Calcutta Historical Society, 1910. (Editor)
  • The Sylhet District records. Shillong: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, 1913-1919. (Editor)
  • The fifth report from the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the affairs of the East India Company, dated 28th July, 1812. Calcutta: R. Cambray, 1917-18. (Editor)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription. Retrieved 10 May 2016. (subscription required)
  2. ↑ British India Office Pension Registers - Orphans Transcription. Retrieved 10 May 2016. (subscription required)
  3. ↑ British India Office Pension Registers - Orphans Transcription. Retrieved 10 May 2016. (subscription required)
  4. 1 2 3 Hayavadana Rao, C. (Ed.) The Indian biographical dictionary 1915. Madras: Pillar & Co. pp. 146-7.
  5. ↑ Bengal Past & Present. South Asia Archive. Retrieved 10 May 2016.

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