NICHOLAS FERRAR. - Protestant theologian, born in London in 1592, died there in 1637. Elected to Parliament in 1624, he soon withdrew from political life to organize a religious community in the village of Little Gidding (Huntingdonshire). He influenced the spiritual orientations of G. Herbert and R. Crashaw. Works by F. that remain include some Gospel harmonies and The story books of Little Gidding, being the religious dialogues recited in the great room, published in London in 1899.
BIBL.: H. P. K. Skipton, The life and times of N. F., London 1907. Enzo Navarra