Anglican Authors

This is a list of Anglican authors from 1530 onwards. It is organized on the basis of three periods: 1530-1650; 1650-1830; and 1830-2001. Living authors are not included in the third period. The order of inclusion within each section is determined by date of birth and by the period within which the author largely published. The authors can also be accessed through an alphabetical list. When available, each author entry includes biographical information, primary works, secondary works and bibliographical sources, and other links of interest.

Where no biographical information is available online for an author, a brief summary of their life and work is included. Sources for these biographical summaries are Geoffrey Rowell, Kenneth Stevenson, and Rowan Williams, Love's Redeeming Work (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001) and The Dictionary of National Biography.

There are not substantial links for every author on this list. The initial work of compiling this list was undertaken in 2003-4 by Heather Weir, a doctoral student at Wycliffe College. If you have a link of value that you think might be included here, please email it to Thomas Power, the theological librarian.

General Websites Helpful for Research on Anglican Authors

The Anglican Library. This online library aims to publish editions of works both from the Anglican tradition and of interest to Anglicans. Though at present (2005) rather small, the Library includes works in the public domain by authors from Hugh Latimer to C.S. Lewis.

Christian Classics Ethereal Library. An online library of Christian writings selected for edification. Organized by author, type, and title, or the database can be searched. Anglican authors can be found in this library, but the scope is much larger than any one denomination. This site has powerful searching features so that all documents by an author can be searched for key terms. Hosted at Calvin College.

Luminarium. A great starting point for information on medieval, renaissance, or seventeenth century literature. The Renaissance and seventeenth century sections are of special interest as English-speaking writers in those time periods were often Anglicans. Organized by time period and author. The works of many authors are available, as well as biographical material about the authors and secondary works on the author's writings. This site has fine appropriate background music.

Project Canterbury. An extensive online library of resources in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. Organized by author, country, topic, and time period. This site is continuously added to, and email updates are available.

Project Wittenburg. Includes selections from the works of Martin Luther. Here you will find all manner of texts from short quotations to commentaries, hymns to statements of faith, theological treatises to biographies, and links to other places where words and images from the history of Lutheranism.

Lutheran Electronic Archive. Includes works by Luther's contemporaries.

Biographical Sources for Anglican Clergy. Introduces the various sources available for locating biographical information on Anglican clergy worldwide from the 17th century onward. Hosted by Lambeth Palace Library.

National Register of Archives. Can be searched by personal name for any of the authors who worked primarily in the UK. The site provides a list of known archives with material related to that person and information on accessing each archive. North American archives are also included in the lists.

University of Toronto English Library. Contains representative works by authors of literature, including non-fiction prose, poetry, and prose fiction. Some of the authors are Anglican. The works are indexed by author, by type of literature and by title.