Arthur Pcurhyn Stanley, an English clergyman, born in Alderley, Cheshire, Dec. 13, 1815. His father was Dr. Edward Stanley (1779-1849), rector of Alderley for 32 years, bishop of Norwich from 1837, and author of "Familiar History of Birds" (2 vols., 1835), etc. The son was educated at Rugby, and in 1838 graduated at University college, Oxford, where he subsequently resided for 12 years as tutor. In 1851 he was appointed canon of Canterbury, and he was regius professor of ecclesiastical history at Oxford from 1856 to 1864, when he was made dean of Westminster. He is a leader of the "Broad Church" party. He has published "Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold, D. D." (2 vols. 8vo, 1844), which has passed through numerous editions, and been translated into several foreign languages; "Sermons and Essays on the Apostolical Age" (1847); "The Epistles of St. Paul to the Corinthians, with Critical Notes and Dissertations" (2 vols. 8vo, 1855; 4th ed., 1874); "Historical Memorials of Canterbury Cathedral" (8vo, 1855; 5th ed., 1869); "Sinai and Palestine, in Connection with their History" (8vo, 1856; 20th ed., 1874); "Lectures on the History of the Eastern Church" (8vo, 1861); "Lectures on the History of the Jewish Church" (part i., Abraham to Samuel, 1862; part ii., Samuel to the Captivity, 1865; part iii., 1876); "The Bible, its Form and Substance" (1862); "Scripture Portraits, and other Miscellanies " (1867); " Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey" (1867; 4th ed., 1874); "The Three Irish Churches," a historical address (1869); "Essays on Church and State" (1870); "The Athanasian Creed" (1871); and "Lectures on the History of the Church of Scotland" (1872). In November, 1874, he was elected lord rector of the university of St. Andrews.