Benjamin Davies (1814 – 19 July 1875) was a 19th-century Welsh

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. He was son of Silvanus Davies, a

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farmer. Having begun preaching at the age of 15, in 1830 he entered

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Baptist College. He subsequently studied in

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, and in

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where he obtained a Ph.D. degree, and developed friendships with a number of eminent German Hebraists. On his return in 1838, he was ordained in

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, before taking up the post of Principle of

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Training College for North American Missionaries (1838–44). In 1844 he was appointed President and Theological Tutor of Stepney Baptist College,

, where he stayed until becoming Professor of Semitics at McGill College,

in 1847. He returned to

in 1857, where he worked at the then Regent's Park Baptist College. His writings include, 'Student's Hebrew Grammar' and 'Student's Lexicon of the Hebrew Language', based on the German works of Roediger and Gesenius respectively, and an annotated edition of E. Robinson's 'Harmony of the Gospels'. He died at his son's house in

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in July 1875.

Co-works

* ''Harmony of the Four Gospels in the words of the Authorized Version, Following the Harmony of the Gospels in Greek''

References

Welsh writers 19th-century Welsh clergy 1814 births 1875 deaths British Hebraists {{UK-Christian-clergy-stub