Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Bampton Lectures

Founded by the Rev. John Bampton, canon of Salisbury. He left an estate to the university of Oxford, to pay for eight divinity lectures on given subjects, to be preached at Great St. Mary's, and printed afterwards.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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