Edwin Hamilton Gifford, DD

Doctor of Divinity

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 (18 December 1820 - 4 May 1905) was an eminent Anglican Priest

Priest

A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...

 and author in the second half of the 19th century.

Edwin Gifford was educated at Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury School

Shrewsbury School is a co-educational independent school for pupils aged 13 to 18, founded by Royal Charter in 1552. The present campus to which the school moved in 1882 is located on the banks of the River Severn in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England...

 and St John's College, Cambridge

St John's College, Cambridge

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. He was ordained in 1845. He was Second Master at his old school

Shrewsbury School

Shrewsbury School is a co-educational independent school for pupils aged 13 to 18, founded by Royal Charter in 1552. The present campus to which the school moved in 1882 is located on the banks of the River Severn in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England...

 then Head Master of King Edward's School, Birmingham

King Edward's School, Birmingham

King Edward's School is an independent secondary school in Birmingham, England, founded by King Edward VI in 1552. It is part of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI in Birmingham, and is widely regarded as one of the most academically successful schools in the country, according to...

 and an honorary Canon

Canon (priest)

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 of Worcester

Worcester Cathedral

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. Later he was Rector

Rector

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 of Walgrave

Walgrave

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  then Much Hadham

Much Hadham

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. From 1884 to 1889 he was Archdeacon of London

Archdeacon of London

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He died on 4 May 1905.

Works

• Glory of God in Man, 1864
• Voices of the Prophets
• Romans in the Speaker’s Commentary, 1881
• Authorship of Psalm cx, 1892
• St Cyril of Jerusalem in the Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, 1894