Henry Alford, an English author and clergyman, born in London in 1810, died Jan. 12, 1871. He was educated at Ilminster, and at Trinity college, Cambridge. In 1833 he was appointed curate of Ampton, Suffolk, and soon afterward vicar of "Wymeswold, Leicestershire, where he spent 18 years. He was a fellow of his college, and from 1841 to 1857 was examiner of logic and moral philosophy in the university of London. During the years 1841 and 1842 he was also Hulsean lecturer at Cambridge. On leaving Leicestershire he became minister of Quebec street chapel (1853), where he was distinguished as an eloquent preacher. In 1857, upon the death of Dean Lyall, Lord Pal-merston appointed him dean of Canterbury. He wrote poetry in the early part of his life, publishing among other volumes " The School of the Heart and other Poems " (Cambridge, 1835), of which several editions have since appeared. Didactic and defective in form, many of his poems are nevertheless regarded as gems of exquisite thought and religious feeling.

Among his other works are his "Plea for the Queen's English" (1866), and "How to Study the New Testament" (1867). But he will be best remembered by his edition of the Greek Testament with English notes, references, critical commentary, etc. (5 vols., 1841 -'01; new and abridged edition by B. H. Al-ford, 1860); and by "The New Testament for English Readers," consisting of the authorized version, with notes, marginal references, and commentary (4 vols. 8vo, revised ed., 1807).