Charles Marriott (priest)

In 1839, he became principal of the Chichester Theological College, preparing young men for the Church of England ministry, but was obliged to resign after two years in poor health.

He became entangled in a vast correspondence with those thrown into confusion by Newman's defection, and did his best to encourage and support the waverers.

He was invariably found compiling indexes and other menial tasks connected with this, often with a headache, to the disgust of his friends.

His lasting legacy is the volumes of the Library of the Fathers, which are often the only English translations that have ever been made of most of the works in question.

The majority have been reprinted in the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers series, without the copious notes to which Marriott and his colleagues devoted so much time.