Henry Watkins (priest) explained

Henry William Watkins was an Anglican priest, academic and author.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Born in Abergavenny on 19 January 1844,[5] he was educated at King's College London[6] and Balliol College, Oxford.[7] Ordained in 1870 [8] his first post was as a curate at St Nicholas, Pluckley[9] after which he was Vicar of Holy Trinity, Much Wenlock.[10] He was a censor, tutor and lecturer in Greek Testament at King's College London from 1875 and Professor of Logic and Moral Philosophy from 1877. He became Warden of St Augustine's College, Canterbury[11] in 1879; then held the three archdeaconries of the Diocese of Durham in quick succession: Archdeacon of Northumberland, 1880–June 1882; Archdeacon of Auckland, June–November 1882; and Archdeacon of Durham, November 1882 – 1922.[12] [13] He was Professor of Hebrew at Durham University,[14] retiring in 1920; and the Bampton Lecturer at Oxford, in 1890.[15]

He died at Brighton[16] on 31 August 1922.[17]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. http://detheologized.wordpress.com/category/historicity-of-john/ Next Theology
  2. ” Durham University; earlier foundations and present colleges” Fowler,J.T London, F.E. Robinson 1904
  3. Amongst others he wrote Religion and Science (1878); The Church in Northumberland (1881); Holy Temple (1886) and The Gospel according to St John (1890) > British Library website accessed 14:03 GMT 17 November 2012.
  4. "The Queen's Levee", The Morning Post (London, England), 20 June 1899; p. 4. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.
  5. "Watkins, Ven. Henry William", Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007 accessed 17 Nov 2012
  6. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Friday, May 14, 1869; Issue 9700
  7. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England), Saturday, June 15, 1878; Issue 6535
  8. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. The Standard (London, England), March 15, 1870; pg. 6; Issue 14232. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.
  9. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/231158 Geograph
  10. "Church News", The Standard (London, England), 17 June 1873; p. 6. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II
  11. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=109-aa_1-1_1-1_3-3&cid=1-1-1-3-13#1-1-1-3-13 National Archives
  12. ECCLESIASTICAL NEWS The York Herald (York, England), Tuesday, June 06, 1882; p. 3; Issue 7891. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II
  13. http://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?docId=ead/msc/sgd.xml SGD.83/1
  14. http://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?docId=ead/uni/undc.xml Durham University Library Special Collections Catalogue
  15. "University Intelligence: Next year’s Bampton Lecturer announced", The Times (London, England), 22 May 1889; p. 8.
  16. http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewpage/llgc-id:1311205/llgc-id:1315014/llgc-id:1315025/getText Welsh Journals
  17. Obituary The Ven H.W. Watkins The Times(London, England), Friday, Sep 01, 1922; pg. 9; Issue 43125

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