Leonard Elliott Elliott-Binns

Canon Leonard Elliott Elliott-Binns (born Leonard Elliott Binns) (18 September 1885–1963) was an English historian and theologian, whose works covered a broad range of topics in English and Western church history, as well as the history of the Biblical era.

Born at Manchester, he was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

Elliott-Binns was ordained into the Church of England in 1913, serving as chaplain of Ridley Hall for two years before going into parish work. He was a curate in Plymouth, a vicar in Plymouth, Davenport, and West Ham, and a canon of Truro. Most of his life as a parish priest was spent in the West Country. In 1958 he served as the president of the Society for Old Testament Study.

He died at Northampton in 1963, aged 77. Provided by Wikipedia