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Samuel Hemphill
Samuel
Hemphill,
DD
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
. He was
ordained
deacon
in 1883 and
priest
in 1885. His
first post
was a curacy at
Holy Trinity
,
Rathmines
.
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 to
1898
. He was later Rector of
Drumbeg, County Down
; 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
, 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
.
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
