Henry Rogers

Henry Rogers

(1806-1877) Critic and theologian, was a minister of the Congregationalist Church, and ultimately Professor of English Literature in Univ. College, London. He was a contributor to the Edinburgh Review, and is best known by his Eclipse of Faith (1852), a reply to F.W. Newman's Phases of Faith. This work, which displays remarkable acuteness and logical power, had great popularity.

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