Samuel Hemphill
Samuel Hemphill, DD (5 July 1859 - 12 January 1927) was an Anglican priest in Ireland during the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Hemphill was born in Clonmel and educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[1] He was ordained deacon in 1883 and priest in 1885.[2] His first post was a curacy at Holy Trinity, Rathmines.[3]
He was Rector of Westport, County Mayo from 1888 to 1892; and of Birr, County Offaly from 1892 to 1914. He was Professor of Biblical Greek at Trinity College from 1888[4] to 1898. He was later Rector of Drumbeg, County Down;[5] and Archdeacon of Down from 1923 until his death. He was also an Honorary Canon of Killaloe Cathedral and St Patricks Cathedral, Dublin; Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Killaloe,[6] the Archbishop of Armagh and the Bishop of Down; Chancellor of Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin and Treasurer of Down Cathedral.
He died in the vestry of his church before a wedding.[7]
Works
- The Diatessaron of Tatian, 1888
- The Literature of the 2nd Century, 1891
- My Neighbour, 1897
- The Satires of Persius translated, 1900
- Immortality in Christ, 1904
- A History of the Revised Version of the New Testament, 1906
Notes
- ^ Hemphil. "Hemphil, Samuel". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter|accessed=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|othernames=ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) - ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory pp662/3: London; Horace Cox; 1898
- ^ THE CHURCH OF IRELAND Belfast News Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Wednesday, January 2, 1884; Issue 21360
- ^ THE CHURCH OF IRELAND Belfast News Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Monday, November 12, 1888; Issue 22886
- ^ Lisburn.com
- ^ 'Ecclesiastical Intelligence' The Times (London, England), Wednesday, January 31, 1894, Issue 34175, p.10.
- ^ 'Archdeacon's Death In Church' The Times (London, England), Thursday, January 13, 1927, Issue 44478, p.14.
External links
- . . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. – via Wikisource.
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