John Kitto was an English biblical scholar of Cornish descent.
12 Facts About John Kitto
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John Kitto had no more than three years of erratic and interrupted education.
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At the age of twelve John Kitto fell on his head from a rooftop, and became totally and permanently deaf.
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John Kitto found consolation in browsing at bookstalls and reading any books that came his way.
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In 1833 John Kitto returned to England via Constantinople, accompanied by another member of the Groves mission, Francis William Newman.
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John Kitto's retelling of Bible stories in the light of what he had seen brought the narratives to life and confirmed the accuracy of the ancient texts.
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John Kitto showed how the activities described by the prophets and apostles accorded with the realities of Eastern culture.
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John Kitto supplemented his own observations with details from the journals of other travellers, and helped the Bible reader to understand many things previously obscure or contradictory to the Western mind.
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The sensible style that made John Kitto so popular can be seen in this brief passage, written at a time when attempts to reconstruct the design of the Temple of Solomon on paper, in scale models, and in the architecture of churches, synagogues and Masonic Halls was a serious scholarly pursuit:.
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John Kitto summed up his life in the following words:.
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John Kitto died on 25 November 1854 at Cannstatt in Germany.
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John Kitto's son, John Fenwick Kitto, was an Anglican priest who served as Rector of Whitechapel, Rector of Stepney, and Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields.