Charles Swainson

Charles Swainson
Born
Charles Anthony Swainson

(1820-05-29)29 May 1820
Liverpool, England
Died15 September 1887(1887-09-15) (aged 67)
TitleMaster of Christ's College, Cambridge (1881–1887)
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Anglican)
ChurchChurch of England
Ordained
  • 1843 (deacon)
  • 1844 (priest)
Academic background
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Academic work
DisciplineTheology
Institutions

Charles Anthony Swainson (1820–1887) was an English Anglican theologian, Principal of Chichester Theological College, Norrisian Professor of Divinity, and subsequently Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity, Master of Christ's College, Cambridge, and a canon of Chichester. His published works deal mainly with the Eastern liturgies and the creeds.