Person:Frederic Platt (1)

Watchers
Browse
Frederic Platt
b.1859
  1. Frederic Platt1859 - 1955
  2. Walter Ward Platt1861 - 1934
Facts and Events
Name Frederic Platt
Gender Male
Birth? 1859
Death? 1955 Clevedon, Somerset, England

He was first warden of John Wesley's "New Room" in Bristol from its restoration in 1930 until 1945, as reported in his obituary in the Birmingham Daily Gazette West Midlands, England. 29 Mar 1955

Also mentioned here: https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/whs/18-7.pdf

Was presented with an honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity by St Andrews University in 1916, while he was Professor of Systematic Theology in Handsworth College, Birmingham.

Was living in the Bungalow, Walton St. Mary, on his 90th birthday, as reported by the Western Daily Press, Bristol 1st January 1949

Publications include:

Certainty and the Christian Faith (London, Epworth Press, 1926). Immanence and Christian Thought : implications and suggestions (London, C. H. Kelly, 1915). 'A Methodist Manifesto', London Quarterly Review, Fifth Series, No.68 (Oct, 1927), pp.249-252. Miracles : an outline of the Christian view. [Manuals for Christian Thinkers] (London, C. H. Kelly, 1913). The Theology of the 'Warmed Heart' : a meditation (Wesley Bicentenary Manuals Mo.81 (London, Epworth Press, 1938). Two Tracts for the Times. I. Evangelical and Sacramental: a plea for synthesis. II. The Evangel and "the Breaking of Bread" : an Apostolic synthesis. (London, Epworth Press, 1944).