JOSEPH HENRY THAYER (1828-1901)
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V26,
Page 728
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
JOSEPH See also: - HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
HENRY THAYER (1828-1901)
, American biblical scholar, was born at Boston on the 7th of November 1828
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He studied at the Boston Latin School, and graduated at Harvard in 185o
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Subsequently he studied theology at the Harvard Divinity School, and graduated at Andover Theological Seminary in 1857
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He preached in Quincy, and in 1859—64 in Salem, Massachusetts, and in 1862—63 was chaplain of the 4oth Massachusetts Volunteers
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He was professor of sacred literature in Andover Seminary in 1864—82, and in 1884 succeeded Ezra See also: - ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
Abbot as Bussey professor of New Testament criticism in the Harvard Divinity School
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He died on the 26th of November 1901, soon after his resignation from the Bussey professorship
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He was a member of the American Bible Revision Committee and recording secretary of the New Testament company
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His chief works were his translation of Grimm's Clavis Novi Testa-, menti (1887; revised 1889) as A Greek- English Lexicon of the New Testament, and his New Testament bibliography (1890)
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