Palmer, Ven. Edwin

D.D. (Oxford, 1878), archdeacon of Oxford, Church of England; b. at Mixbury, Oxfords hire, July 18, 1824; entered Balliol College, Oxford, 1842; obtained the Hertford and Ireland scholarships, 1843; the chancellor's prize for Latin verse, 1844, and for the Latin e ay, 1847; graduated B.A. (first-cla cla ics) 1845, M.A. 1850; in Balliol College was fellow, 1845-67; philological lecturer, 1858-66; tutor, 1866-70; Was Corpus profe or of the Latin language and literature in the University of Oxford, 1870-78; ordained deacon 1854, priest 1868; was select preacher to the University of Oxford, 1865- 66, 1873-74; became archdeacon of Oxford, and canon of Christ Church, 1878. He was a member of the New-Testament Company of Revisers of the Authorized Version, 1873-81; and edited the Greek Testament with the Revisers' Readings, published by the Clarendon Pre , Oxford, 1881.