Henry Sulley
Henry Sulley (1845–1940) was an English architect and writer on the temples of Jerusalem. Sulley was born to English parents in Brooklyn, Long Island, USA, 30 January 1845, but relocated back to Nottingham when still young. Although he had no formal training in archaeology, Sulley's background in architecture allowed him to develop various ideas about Solomon's Temple and the City of David.
Henry Sulley
- Born
- 1845
- Died
- 1940
- Occupation
- architect
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Henry Sulley (1845–1940) was an English architect and writer on the temples of Jerusalem. Sulley was born to English parents in Brooklyn, Long Island, USA, 30 January 1845, but relocated back to Nottingham when still young. Although he had no formal training in archaeology, Sulley's background in architecture allowed him to develop various ideas about Solomon's Temple and the City of David.
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His primary area of activity was in writing concerning the temples in Jerusalem: Solomon's Temple, Herod's Temple and Ezekiel's Temple. In 1929 Sulley was the first to propose that the watercourse of Siloam tunnel was following a natural crack, a theory developed by Ruth Amiran (1968), and Dan Gill (1994). Sulley had been baptised as a Christadelphian in October 1871 at the age of 26 following lectures by Robert Roberts and reading Elpis Israel. These public lectures followed a regular pattern: archaeology, architecture, prophecy, and then preaching. On his journeys he would write articles for publication in England giving impressions on the buildings he saw: for example, noting that the Washington Monument was a marvel, but that the corner-towers of Ezekiel's temple would be two-and-a-half times taller. During the period from 1898 onwards he was a regular assistant to the second editor of The Christadelphian magazine, Charles Curwen Walker.
• Upnah House, 22 Balmoral Road, Nottingham 1873 • Malvern House, 41 Mapperley Road, Nottingham 1874 • 2 Hamilton Road, Nottingham 1873 • Oakfield, Cyprus Road, Mapperley Park, Nottingham 1882 • Elmsleigh, Hamilton Road, Mapperley Park, Nottingham 1883 • Addison Street Congregational Church 1884 • Warehouse, Peachey Street, Nottingham 1887-88 (Now YMCA)
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• Illustration — One of Henry Sulley's images of Ezekiel's Temple. • Temple of Ezekiel's prophecy (1887) • A Handbook to the Temple of Ezekiel's Prophecy • Pentaletheia: Five writings on the Truth • The Sign of the Coming of the Son of Man (1906) • What is the Substance of Faith? A Reply to Sir Oliver Lodge (1908) • Is It Armageddon? (1915; formerly Britain in prophecy) • A House of Prayer for All People • Where are our dead friends? • Divine worship in the age to come • Spiritism
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