T. C. Hammond

Thomas Chatterton Hammond (born in Cork, Ireland on 20 February, 1877 and died 16 November, 1961) was an Irish Anglican clergyman. [cite book|last=Nelson|first= Warren |year=1994|title=T C Hammond - Irish Christian]

Converted in 1892, he was ordained into the ministry of the Church of Ireland in 1903. He was superintendent of the Irish Church Missions from 1919 to 1936, where he engaged in evangelistic missions in Dublin and often in controversies with Roman Catholic apologists. A lively intellectual, his expertise in doctrinal difficulty was often sought by the bishops of the Church of Ireland, but not always publicly acknowledged.

In 1936, T C Hammond left Ireland to take up position as Principal of Moore Theological College, Sydney. He was made Archdeacon in 1949. His best known books are "In Understanding be Men" - a handbook of Christian Doctrine, and "The One Hundred Texts", with Bible verses explaining Protestant teaching.

He died on 16 November 1961, having made an impact on the Church in two countries, Ireland and Australia. A biography, "T C Hammond - Irish Christian" by Warren Nelson was published in 1994.

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* [http://www.icm-online.ie Irish Church Missions]
* [http://www.sydneyanglicans.net/indepth/caleb_in_the_antipodes_peter_jensen The Quest of the Historical Hammond]
* [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140420b.htm Biography at Australian Dictionary of Biography]