Henry William Watkins (19 January 184431 August 1922) was an Anglican priest, academic and author.Next Theology” Durham University; earlier foundations and present colleges” Fowler, J. T. London, F. E. Robinson 1904Amongst others he wrote Religion and Science (1878); The Church in Northumberland (1881); Holy Temple (1886) and The Gospel according to St John (1890) > British Library website accessed 14:03 GMT 17 November 2012."The Queen's Levee", The Morning Post (London, England), 20 June 1899; p. 4. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.
Born in Abergavenny on 19 January 1844,"Watkins, Ven. Henry William", Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007 accessed 17 Nov 2012 he was educated at King's College LondonUNIVERSITY OF LONDON. The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Friday, May 14, 1869; Issue 9700 and Balliol College, Oxford.UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England), Saturday, June 15, 1878; Issue 6535 He was ordained in 1870,ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. The Standard (London, England), March 15, 1870; pg. 6; Issue 14232. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II. and his first post was as a curate at St Nicholas, Pluckley.Geograph He was later Vicar of Holy Trinity, Much Wenlock."Church News", The Standard (London, England), 17 June 1873; p. 6. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II He was a censor, tutor and lecturer in Greek Testament at King's College London from 1875 and Professor of Logic and Moral Philosophy from 1877. In 1879, he became Warden of St Augustine's College, Canterbury,National Archives then held the three archdeaconries of the Diocese of Durham in quick succession: Archdeacon of Northumberland, 1880 – June 1882; Archdeacon of Auckland, June–November 1882; and Archdeacon of Durham, November 1882 – 1922.ECCLESIASTICAL NEWS The York Herald (York, England), Tuesday, June 06, 1882; p. 3; Issue 7891. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part IISGD.83/1 (Accessed 30 May 2014) He was Professor of Hebrew at Durham University,Durham University Library Special Collections Catalogue retiring in 1920; and the Bampton Lecturer at Oxford, in 1890."University Intelligence: Next year’s Bampton Lecturer announced", The Times (London, England), 22 May 1889; p. 8. He was married to Helen (Edith) Thompson (1860–1930), the daughter of Sir Henry Thompson, 1st Baronet, and Lady Kate Thompson, née Loder.
He died at BrightonWelsh Journals on 31 August 1922.Obituary The Ven H. W. Watkins The Times(London, England), Friday, Sep 01, 1922; pg. 9; Issue 43125
Publications Modern Criticism Considered in Its Relation to the Fourth Gospel (1890, Brampton Lectures)
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