# Keble — Eminent Victorians character guide

> Keble in Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** John Keble, the Rev. John Keble

**First appearance:** 0003-cardinal-manning

## Who they are

Anglican priest and poet, key figure in the Oxford Movement.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/eminent_victorians_se/chapters/i)

Referenced as a witness to the laxity in early baptism of children.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/eminent_victorians_se/chapters/ii)

Keble is introduced as a young clergyman whose piety and zeal led him to oppose the liberal and secular trends of the time, and who contributed to the Tracts.

### [Bibliography](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/eminent_victorians_se/chapters/bibliography)

Subject of a memoir listed in the bibliography.

### [Dr. Arnold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/eminent_victorians_se/chapters/dr-arnold)

A close friend and Fellow of Oriel who advised Arnold during his religious doubts about the doctrine of the Trinity.

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