S. E. Cottam

The Reverend S. E. Cottam
Born	Samuel Elsworth Cottam (1863-08-07)7 August 1863[1] Salford, England
Died	30 March 1943(1943-03-30) (aged 79)[2] Oxford, England[3]
Alma mater	Exeter College, Oxford
Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity (Anglican)
Church	Church of England
Writing career
Language	English
Genre	Poetry
Literary movement	Uranians

Samuel Elsworth Cottam (7 August 1863 – 30 March 1943) was an English poet and Anglican priest.

Biography

Cottam was born in Upper Broughton, Salford, in 1863.[4] He graduated from Exeter College, Oxford, in 1885,[5] where he was a friend of Edwin Emmanuel Bradford. He was a lifelong Anglo-Catholic, unlike Bradford who later became a Modernist. Cottam and Bradford were co-Chaplains of St George's Anglican Church in Paris, France. He was later incumbent at Wootton, Vale of White Horse, where John Betjeman and W. H. Auden went to see him celebrate sung mass.

Will

In his will, Cottam left trust funds for "the purchase of objects of beauty for the furtherance of religion in ancient gothic churches". This trust is now administered by the Friends of Friendless Churches and has been used to benefit many dozens of churches in England and Wales, by the addition of furnishings, stained glass and bells.

Bibliography

• A Lantern for Lent: Brief Instructions on Biblical Subjects for the Forty Days of Lent. London. 1897.
• New Sermons for a New Century. London. 1900.
• The Royal Thanksgiving: A Sermon on the Recovery of King Edward VII. London. 1902.
• "Philosophy of Truth". The Philosopher. 12. 1934.
• Cameos of Boyhood: And Other Poems. London: Arthur H. Stockwell. 1930.
• Friends of My Fancy, and Other Poems. Eton, England: Shakespeare Head Press. 1960.

References

1. 1939 England and Wales Register for Samuel E Cottam
2. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Samuel Elsworth Cottam
3. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 for Samuel E Cottam
4. Yelton, Michael (2009). Outposts of the Faith: Anglo-Catholicism in Some Rural Parishes. Norwich, England: Canterbury Press. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-85311-985-9.
5. Foster, Joseph (1893). Oxford Men and Their Colleges. Oxford: James Parker & Co. p. 135. ISBN 9781376702033. OCLC 667642003. Retrieved 29 April 2019.

• "Deaths". The Times. London. 3 April 1943. p. 1. [Death date, 30 March 1943.]
• Hillier, Bevis (1988). Young Betjeman. London: John Murray. p. 177.