Perowne, JOHN JAMES STEWART, was born at Burdwan in Bengal, March 13, 1823, of a family of Huguenot origin. He had his education at Norwich grammar-school and at Corps Christi College, Cambridge, carried off many prizes for theological knowledge and Hebrew, besides the Member's
Latin essay, graduated B.A. in 1845, and was elected Fellow of his college in 1849. He was afterwards examiner for the classical tripos, select preacher, Hulsean lecturer (1868), and Lady Margaret's preacher; professor in King's College, London; and from 1862 till 1872 vice-principal of St David's College, Lampeter. Later he was prelector in Theology and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; preacher at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall; and canon residentiary of Llandaff from 1869 to 1878, when he was appointed Dean of Peterborough. Already, since 1875, he had been also Hulsean professor of Divinity at Cambridge, and an honorary chaplain to the Queen. In 1891 he succeeded Dr Philpott as Bishop of Worcester. Dr Perowne is a sound Hebrew scholar, sat throughout in the Company for the revision of the Old Testament, and has been general editor of the admirable series of short commentaries forming 'The Cambridge Bible for Schools.' His principal work is his commentary on the Book of Psalms (2 vols. 1864-68), a masterpiece of exegetical science. Besides sermons and contributions to magazines, other works are his Hulsean Lectures on Immortality (1869), and Lampeter and Llandaff Sermons (1873).