Background
He was born at Ellesborough, Buckinghamshire, and was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1852, Master of Arts
He was born at Ellesborough, Buckinghamshire, and was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1852, Master of Arts
1853. In 1853 he was awarded a Tyrwhitt"s Hebrew scholarship. He was ordained priest in 1857, and after serving several curacies was appointed professor of Hebrew at King"s College London, in 1863. In 1868–1870 he was Boyle lecturer ("The Witness of the Old Testament to Christ"), in 1873 Hulsean lecturer ("The Gospel its Own Witness"), in 1874 Bampton Lecturer ("The Religion of the Christ") and from 1876 to 1880 Warburtonian lecturer.
In 1876 he was elected prebendary of Street Pauls Cathedral, and he was rector of Cliffe-at-Hoo near Gravesend (1880–1889) and of Much Hadham, Hertfordshire (1889–1900).
The University of Edinburgh gave him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1878, and his own college made him an honorary Fellow in 1885. Besides the lectures noted he published Studies in Genesis (1880), The Foundations of Morality (1882) and some volumes of sermons.
He was a member of the Old Testament revision committee from 1870 to 1885.