Samuel Hemphill

Samuel Hemphill, DD (5 July 1859 – 12 January 1927) 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.^[1] He was ordained deacon in 1883 and priest in 1885.^[2] His first post was a curacy at Holy Trinity, Rathmines.^[3]

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^[4] to 1898. He was later Rector of Drumbeg, County Down;^[5] 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,^[6] 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.^[7]

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

Notes[]

External links[]

• "Hemphill, Rev. Samuel" . Thom's Irish Who's Who . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. 108  – via Wikisource.

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