Christian Advocate (University of Cambridge)

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Christian Advocate was a post at the University of Cambridge the holder of which was charged with the annual task of delivering an address to answer objections against Christianity.[1] The post was inaugurated in 1803 with William Cockburn as the first holder.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lewis, S. (ed.) (1848). A Topographical Dictionary of England, Cambridge - Cambridgeshire, pp479-97. Retrieved on 2007-08-21. 
  2. ^ The Times, 10 April 1841, p.6 col.b, reprinted from the Cambridge Advertiser


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