Edward Hayes Plumptre

Edward Hayes Plumptre (August 6, 1821 - February 1, 1891) was an English divine and scholar, and was born in London.

Life

This son of E.H. Plumptre was born in London. A scholar of University College, Oxford, he graduated with a double-first class in 1844. In the same year he was elected Fellow of Brasenose College. Married in 1847. Died at Wells.

ervice

He was ordained in 1847, and shortly afterwards appointed chaplain, and then professor of pastoral theology, at King's College London.

In 1863 he was given a prebendal stall at St Paul's. From 1869 to 1874 he was a member of the committee appointed by Convocation to revise the authorized version of the Old Testament. He was Boyle lecturer in 1866–1867 (Christ and Christendom), and Grinfield lecturer on the Septuagint at Oxford 1872–1874. After successively holding the livings of Rector of Pluckley, 1869, and Vicar of Brickley in Kent, 1873, he was installed in 1881 as dean of Wells.

According to Julian, other positions include: Assistant Preacher at Lincoln's Inn; Select Preacher in Oxford; Professor of Pastoral Theology and King's College, London; Dean of Queen's Oxford; Professor of Exegises of the New Testament in King's College London; Examiner in the Theological schools at Oxford;

Published works

Plumptre was a man of great versatility and attained high reputation as a translator of the plays of Sophocles (1865) and Aeschylus (1868), and of the "Divina commedia" of Dante (1886).

In verse his main achievements were "Lazarus" (1864), and "Master and Scholar" (1866).

Among his many theological works may be mentioned "An Exposition of the Epistles to the Seven Churches" (1877), "The Spirits in Prison" (1884), "The Book of Proverbs" (which he annotated in the "Speaker's Commentary"), the "Synoptic Gospels, Acts, and II Corinthians", in Bishop Ellicott's "New Testament Commentary", and "Life and Letters of Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells" (1888).

Plumptre is also the author of the well-known hymn, "Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart" (1865), written for a choir festival held at majestic Peterborough Cathedral.

References

*1911
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first =Albert Edward
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title =The Gospel in Hymns
publisher =Charles Scribner's sons
date =1950
location =New York
pages =368-370
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accessdate = 2007-02-06