Farrar, Frederic William (1831-1903)

Indian-born English cleric and author. His career included being honorary chaplain to Queen Victoria, canon of Westminster, rector and archdeacon of St Margaret's, and dean of Canterbury. He also wrote numerous theological works.

He was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), India, and was educated at London University and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was an assistant master at Harrow, then headmaster of Marlborough College, and became a fellow of the Royal Society. He published a number of books on classical and modern philology, but his theological writings, such as The Witness of History to Christ (1871), proved more popular. His other works include The Life of Christ (1874), Life of St Paul (1879), Early Days of Christianity (1882), Lives of the Fathers (1888), and Darkness and Dawn (1891).