| AdminHistory | Philip Henry Wicksteed 1844 - 1927
Philip Wicksteed was educated at Ruthin Grammar School, University College School, University College and Manchester New College. In 1868 he married Emily Rebecca the eldest daughter of the Rev Henry Solly (1813 - 1903), social reformer and author of The Condition of the English Working Class: the papers of the Reverend Henry Solly (1990).
He became a Unitarian minister in 1867 and moved to Taunton. In 1870 he moved to Dukinfield, near Manchester, staying for four years before moving to the Little Portland Street Chapel in London. He remained here from 1874 - 1897.
In addition to his ministry Philip Wicksteed was a University Extension Lecturer. He held this position from 1887 - 1918 and lectured on Dante, political economy, Wordsworth and Greek tragedy.
His publications include:
1. Alphabet of Economic Science (1888)
2. Co-ordination of the Laws of Distribution (1894)
3. Religion of Time and Religion of Eternity (1899)
4. Dante and Giovanni Del Virgilio (1902)
5. The Common Sense of Political Economy (1910)
6. Dante and Acquinas (1913)
7. Dogma and Philosophy (1920)
8. From Vita Nuova to Paradiso (1922) |