Francis Crawford Burkitt

Francis Burkitt

FBA
Francis Burkitt; FBA
Born	Francis Crawford Burkitt; 3 September 1864
Died	11 May 1935 (aged 70)
Nationality	English
Academic background
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Influences	William Sanday; William Wright;
Academic work
Discipline	Biblical studies; philology; theology;
Sub-discipline	New Testament studies; Syriac studies;
School or tradition	Anglicanism
Institutions	Trinity College, Cambridge

Francis Crawford Burkitt FBA (3 September 1864 – 11 May 1935) was an English theologian. As Norris Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge from 1905 until shortly before his death, Burkitt was a sturdy critic of the notion of a distinct "Caesarean Text" of the New Testament put forward by B. H. Streeter and others.

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