the Fourth Week after Easter
Click here to learn more!
Bible Encyclopedias
Kennedy, Benjamin Hall, D.D.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or a clergyman of the Church of England, was born at Summer Hill, near Birmingham, November 6, 1804. He graduated with honors from St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1827; was fellow of: his: college and classical lecturer, 1828-36; assistant master at Harrow, 1830-36; head master of Shrewsbury School, 1836-66; prebendary of Gaia Major in.Lichfield Cathedral, 1843-67; select preacher to the University, 1860; rector of West Felton, 1865-67; became regius professor of Greek in the University of Cambridge, and canon of Ely in 1867, where he continued until his death, April 8, 1889. He was elected a member of the University Council in 1870, and lady Margaret preacher for 1873. He was elected honorary fellow of St. John's College in 1880. He was also a member of the New Testament Revision Committee. His works are largely school-books, or translations, but he also published, Between Whiles (1877): — Occasional Sermons (eod.): — and Ely lectures on The Revised Translation of the New Testament (1882).
These files are public domain.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Kennedy, Benjamin Hall, D.D.'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/k/kennedy-benjamin-hall-dd.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
