Horne, THOMAS HARTWELL,

Horne, THOMAS HARTWELL, biblical critic, born October 20, 1780, was educated at Christ's Hospital, and afterwards became clerk to a barrister. His leisure hours were devoted to the study of the Bible, and in 1818 he published his Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, a work which procured for him admission into orders without the usual preliminaries. Subsequently, St John's College, Cambridge, granted him the degree of B.D., and the University of Pennsylvania that of D.D. In 1833 he obtained a rectory in London; and he was also made a prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral. In the course of a long life Horne published a large number of theological works, and died 27th June 1860. The Introduction became a very popular authority and passed through many editions: an important one was that edited in 1856 by Dr Samuel Davidson (q.v.). See the Reminiscences of T. H. Horne, by his daughter (1862).