Kay, William

D.D. (Oxford, 1885), Church of England; b. at Pick ering, Yorkshire, April 8, 1820; educated at Lincoln College, Oxford; graduated B.A. (first-cla in cla ics, second-cla in mathematics), 1839; Pusey and Ellerton Hebrew scholar and M.A. 1842, B.D. 1849; ordained deacon 1843, priest 1844; was fellow of Lincoln College, 1840-66; tutor, 1842-49; principal of Bishop's College, Calcutta, 1849-65; and since 1866 has been rector of Great Leghs, and since 1877 chaplain to the bishop of St. Alban's, and honorary canon of St. Alban's. He is the author of On Pantheism, Calcutta, 1853, 2d ed., Madras, 1879; Promises of Christianity, Oxford, 1855; The Psalms, translated with Notes, Calcutta, 1863, 2d ed., London, 1871, 4th ed. 1877; Crisis Hupfeldiana, Oxford, 1865; contributed commentary on Isaiah and Hebrews to The Bible (Speaker's) Commentary, and on Ezekiel in S. P. C. K. Commentary.