Gervase Mathew

Anthony Gervase Mathew was a Catholic priest and British academic. He was born on March 14, 1905 and died on April 4, 1976. A member of the Dominican Order, he taught at Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford. His elder brother, David Mathew, served as a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church.

Rev. Fr.

Gervase Mathew

O.P., M.A., S.T.L., F.S.A.
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Other postsUniversity Lecturer in Byzantine Studies, University of Oxford
Orders
Ordination1934
Personal details
BornMarch 14 1905
DiedApril 4 1976
EducationBalliol College, Oxford

Early life

Gervase Mathew was born on March 14, 1905. His father, Anthony Mathew, was a barrister, who elected to educate his two sons at home rather than send them away to boarding school.[1]

In 1924 Gervase followed his brother, David, to Balliol College, Oxford, where he read Modern History under Sir Maurice Powicke.[2] Following his graduation from Oxford, in 1928 Mathew studied at the British School at Athens. In the same year he joined the Dominican Order. He was ordained in 1934.[2]

Academic career

In 1934 Mathew returned to Oxford to take a post at Blackfriars Hall. He delivered lectures at both the School of Theology and Blackfriars.

Matthew's publications covered a range of fields, including classical antiquity, Byzantine art and history, historical theology, patristics, and fourteenth-century English literature and politics. In collaboration with the Chair of Modern Greek studies, Professor John Mavrogordato, Mathew instituted Byzantine Studies at the University of Oxford.[3] From 1947-1971 he held the post of University Lecturer in Byzantine Studies, and in 1965 he was Visiting Professor at the University of California.[4]

While at Oxford, Mathew was a guest member of a literary group, the Inklings, which was also frequented by J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, David Cecil, and Owen Barfield.[4]

Selected bibliography
  • The Prayer of Quiet (Oxford: Blackfriars Publications, 1936)
  • Justice and Charity in The Vision of Piers Plowman (Oxford: Blackfriars Publications, 1948)
  • Byzantine Painting (London: Faber and Faber, 1950)
  • The Origins of Eucharistic Symbolism (Oxford: Blackfriars Publications, 1954)
  • Byzantine Aesthetics (London: J. Murray, 1963)
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References
  1. Freeman-Grenville, G. S. P. (1976). "Obituary Notices: The Rev. Fr. Gervase Mathew". Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa. 11: ix–x. doi:10.1080/00672707609511228.
  2. Freeman-Grenville, G. S. P. (1976). "Obituary Notices: The Rev. Fr. Gervase Mathew". Azania: archaeological research in Africa. 11: ix–x – via Taylor and Francis Online.
  3. Chadwick, Henry (May 1976). "Obituary: Gervase Mathew". New Blackfriars. 57 (672): 194–196. doi:10.1111/j.1741-2005.1976.tb02268.x. JSTOR 43246551.
  4. Chadwick, Henry (May 1976). "Obituary: Gervase Mathew". New Blackfriars. 57 (672): 194–196 – via JSTOR.
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