Nationality English Occupation Professor, author | Name Edwin Hatch Role Author | |
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Alma mater King Edward's School, BirminghamPembroke CollegeOxford University Died November 10, 1899, Oxford, United Kingdom Children Beatrice Hatch, Evelyn Hatch, Ethel Hatch People also search for Books A Concordance to the Se, The Influence of Greek Ide, The organization of the earl, Essays in Biblical Greek, A Few Simple Facts | ||
The Influence of Greek Ideas and Usages Upon the Christian Church by Edwin Hatch Lecture 1
Edwin Hatch (September 4, 1835 Derby, England – November 10, 1889 Oxford, England) was an English theologian. He is best known as the author of the book Influence of Greek Ideas and Usages Upon the Christian Church, which was based on the lectures he presented during the 1888 Hibbert Lectures and which were edited and published following his death. He is also remembered as the composer of the hymn "Breathe on Me, Breath of God."
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- The Influence of Greek Ideas and Usages Upon the Christian Church by Edwin Hatch Lecture 1
- O Breathe on Me O Breath of God Edwin Hatch
- Biography
- Written works
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O Breathe on Me, O Breath of God (Edwin Hatch)
Biography
Hatch attended King Edward's School, Birmingham, where he studied under James Prince Lee, who later became the Bishop of Manchester; it was during this period of his life that he was first noted for his strong mental independence and extreme study habits, as well as when he joined the Church of England (having been raised a nonconformist). He graduated from Pembroke College at Oxford University in 1857, where he was a dominant figure in the Birmingham Set, after undergraduate studies at Cambridge University. In 1858, Hatch won the Ellerton prize. In 1859, he was ordained as an Anglican priest, and travelled to Toronto, Canada West, where he was professor of classics at Trinity College until 1862. Between then and his return to Oxford, England in 1867, he served as rector of the High School of Quebec and professor of Classics at Morrin College, both in Quebec City. He served as vice-principal of Saint Mary Hall until 1885. In 1884 he was appointed university reader in ecclesiastical history.
In 1873, Hatch edited The student's handbook to the University and colleges of Oxford, which appeared in several revised editions during and after his time at the University. Hatch was a Bampton lecturer in 1880. He served as a Grinfield lecturer from 1880 to 1884, during which time he presented his concordance on the Septuagint. Author of hymn Breathe on me, Breath of God. 1878.(The Book of Common Prayer)