Robert Charles (scholar)

thumb|Portrait of R. H. Charles Robert Henry (R. H.) Charles, FBA (Cookstown, 6 August 1855 – Westminster, 1931) was an Irish biblical scholar and theologian. He is known particularly for English translations of apocryphal and pseudepigraphal works, and editions including Jubilees (1895), the Book of Enoch (1906), and the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs (1908) which have been widely used. He wrote the articles in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica attributed to the initials "R. H. C." Quotes The ascendant activity of the intellect, unaccompanied by a deep moral experience, must issue sooner or later in the shipwreck of the entire personality. Sermons Preached in Westminster Abbey 1917 Macmillan, London https://archive.org/details/sermonspreached00charuoft/page/4 External links Category:1855 births Category:1931 deaths Category:Theologians from Northern Ireland Category:Clergy from Northern Ireland Category:Anglicans from the United Kingdom Category:Academics from Northern Ireland Category:Translators from Northern Ireland Category:Non-fiction authors from Northern Ireland Category:Freemasons