Francis Crawford Burkitt
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| Born | Francis Crawford Burkitt 3 September 1864 |
| Died | 11 May 1935 (aged 70) |
| Nationality | English |
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| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
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| 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.