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See also:HODY, See also:HUMPHREY (1659-1707) , See also:English divine, was See also:born at Odcombe in See also:Somersetshire in 1659. In 1676 he entered Wadham See also:College, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, of which he became See also:fellow in 1685.
In 1684 he published Contra historiam Aristeae de LXX. interpretibus dissertatio, in which he showed that the so-called See also:letter of See also:Aristeas, containing an See also:account of the See also:production of the See also:Septuagint, was the See also:late See also:forgery of a Hellenist See also:Jew originally circuiated to lend authority to that version. The dissertation was generally regarded as conclusive, although See also:Isaac See also:Vossius published an angry and scurrilous reply to it in the appendix to his edition of See also:Pomponius See also:Mela. In 1689 Hody wrote the Prolegomena to the See also:Greek See also:chronicle of See also:John See also:Malalas, published at Oxford in 1691. The following See also:year he became See also:chaplain to See also:Edward See also:Stillingfleet, See also:bishop of See also:Worcester, and for his support of the ruling party in a controversy with See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Dodwell regarding the non-juring bishops he was appointed chaplain to See also:Archbishop See also:Tillotson, an See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office which he continued to hold under See also:Tenison. In 1698 he was appointed regius See also:professor of Greek at Oxford, and in 1704 was made See also:archdeacon of Oxford. In 1701 he published A See also:History of English See also:Councils and Convocations, and in 1703 in four volumes De Bibliorum textis originalibus, in which he included a revision of his See also:work on the Septuagint, and published a reply to Vossius. He died on the loth of See also:January 1707.
A work, De Graecis Illustribus, which he See also:left in See also:manuscript, was published in 1742 by See also:Samuel See also:Jebb, who prefixed to it a Latin See also:life of the author.
End of Article: HODY, HUMPHREY (1659-1707)
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