The New International Encyclopædia/Moberly, George

MOBERLY, George (1803-85). An English prelate, Bishop of Salisbury. He was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and was educated at Winchester and Oxford. In 1820 he took the Oxford chancellor's prize for the best English essay. After connection with Balliol College, as tutor and fellow, he was in 1835-36 head-master of Winchester. He was then presented to the living of Brightstone in the Isle of Wight, and in 1868 became a canon of Chester Cathedral. In 1869 he was consecrated Bishop of Salisbury. Of his numerous published works the most important are: A Few Remarks on the Proposed Admission of Dissenters to the University of Oxford (1834); Sermons Preached at Winchester College (1844); and Sermons on the Beatitudes (1860). In 1868 he delivered the Bampton lectures which appeared under the title of The Administration of the Holy Spirit in the Body of Christ.