Edwin Hamilton Gifford, DD (18 December 1820 – 4 May 1905) was an eminent Anglican

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, and author of the second half of the 19th century. Edwin Gifford was educated at Shrewsbury and St John's College, Cambridge. He was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform ...

in 1845. He was

Second Master Second master was a rating introduced into the Royal Navy in 1753 that indicated a deputy master (naval), master on third-rate Ship of the Line, ships of the line or larger. Second masters were paid significantly more than master's mates, £5 5s ...

at his old school then

Chief Master There are various levels of judiciary in England and Wales—different types of courts have different styles of judges. They also form a strict hierarchy of importance, in line with the order of the courts in which they sit, so that judges of ...

King Edward's School, Birmingham King Edward's School (KES) is an independent day school for boys in the British public school tradition, located in Edgbaston, Birmingham. Founded by King Edward VI in 1552, it is part of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI in Bir ...

and an honorary

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. Later he was

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Walgrave Walgrave is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 822 people, increasing to 868 at the 2011 Census. The village's name means 'Old's grove'. The village of O ...

then

Much Hadham Much Hadham, formerly known as Great Hadham, is a village and civil parish in the district of East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England. The parish of Much Hadham contains the hamlets of Perry Green and Green Tye, as well as the village of Muc ...

. From 1884 to 1889 he was Archdeacon of London.
He died on 4 May 1905.

Emma Lavinia Gifford Emma Lavinia Gifford (24 November 1840 – 27 November 1912) was an English writer and suffragist, who was the first wife of the novelist and poet Thomas Hardy. Early life Emma Gifford was born in Plymouth, Devon, on 24 November 1840 The sec ...

, the first wife of Thomas Hardy, was his niece.

Works

*''Glory of God in Man'', 1864 *''Voices of the Prophets'' *''Romans'' in the ''

Speaker's Commentary Frederic Charles Cook (1 December 1804– 22 June 1889) was an English churchman, known as a linguist and the editor of the ''Speaker's Commentary'' on the Bible. Life Born at Millbrook, Hampshire, and later moved to Berkshire, he was admitted a ...

'', 1881 *''Authorship of Psalm cx'', 1892 *''St Cyril of Jerusalem in the Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers'', 1894 *''The Incarnation: A Study of Philippians 2:5-11'', 1896 *''Eusebius of Caesarea: Praeparatio Evangelica'' (translation), 5 Vols., 1903

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gifford, Edwin Hamilton 1820 births Chief Masters of King Edward's School, Birmingham People educated at Shrewsbury School Fellows of St John's College, Cambridge Archdeacons of London 1905 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge