1835–1889

Introduction

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Born: Sep­tem­ber 4, 1835, Der­by, Eng­land.

Died: No­vem­ber 10, 1889, St. Cle­ment, Head­ing­ton, Ox­ford­shire, Eng­land.

Buried: Ho­ly­well Ce­me­te­ry, St. Cross Church, Ox­ford, Eng­land.

Biography

Hatch at­tend­ed Cam­bridge and Pem­broke College, Ox­ford (BA in hon­ors, 1857).

He was or­dained an Ang­li­can priest in 1859, then went to To­ron­to, Ca­na­da, where he be­came a pro­fess­or of class­ics at Tri­ni­ty Col­lege. He lat­er be­came rec­tor of a high school in Qué­bec.

He re­turned to Eng­land in 1867, serv­ing as Vice-Prin­ci­pal of St. Ma­ry Hall, Ox­ford. In 1883, he became rec­tor at Purl­eigh.

Hatch gave Bamp­ton Lec­tures in 1880, and Hib­bert Lec­tures in 1888.

Works

A well known scho­lar, he wrote a con­cord­ance to the Sep­tua­gint, and es­says on Bib­li­cal Greek.

His other works in­clude:

Sources

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