The author, William R. W. Stephens, was educated at Balliol College, Oxford and graduated in 1862, ordained in 1865. his parentage and birth are unknown. Stephens began his clerical career with a curacy in Staines. In 1866 he became the curate of Purley, Berkshire. On 31 August 1869 he married Charlotte Jane Hook, the youngest daughter … Continue reading Saint John Chrysostom, his Life and Times by W. R. W. Stephens