The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Wright, Charles Henry Hamilton

WRIGHT, Charles Henry Hamilton, Irish Anglican clergyman: b. Dublin, 9 March 1836; d. 1909. He was graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, in 1857, was Bampton lecturer at Oxford in 1878, Donnellan lecturer at Dublin 1880, Grinfield lecturer on the Septuagint at Oxford 1893-97, and vicar of Saint John's, Liverpool, 1891-98, examiner in Hebrew at the University of London 1897-99, at the University of Wales 1897-1901, and clerical superintendent of the Protestant Reform Society in 1898-1907. Among his numerous publications are &lsquo;Grammar of Modern Irish&rsquo; (1855; ed. 1860); &lsquo;Book of Genesis in Hebrew&rsquo; (1859); &lsquo;Bunyan's Works with Notes&rsquo; (1866); &lsquo;Fragments and Specimens of Early Latin&rsquo; (1874); &lsquo;The One Religion&rsquo; (1881); &lsquo;Biblical Essays&rsquo; (1885); &lsquo;Roman Catholicism in the Light of Scripture&rsquo; (2d ed., 1897); &lsquo;The Intermediate State and Prayers for the Dead&rsquo; (1900); &lsquo;Genuine Writings of Saint Patrick with Life&rsquo; (1902); &lsquo; Daniel and his Prophecies&rsquo; (1906).