Abbott, Thomas Kings mill

Episcopal Church in Ireland; b. in Dublin, March 26, 1829; educated at Trinity College, Dublin; graduated B. A. (senior moderator, large gold medal in mathematics, and senior moderator in ethics and logic), 1851; M.A., 1855; B.D., 1879. He was Lloyd exhibitioner, 1849; Bishop Law's prizeman (first), 1850; elected fellow, 1854. From 1867 to 1872 he was profe or of moral philosophy in Trinity College; since 1875 has been profe or of Biblical Greek; and since 1879 also of Hebrew. In theology he is Broad Church. He is the author of The English Bible, a Plea for Revision, Dublin, 1857, 2d ed, 1871; Sight and Touch, an attempt to disprove the Berkeleian theory of vision, London, 1861; Kant's Theory of Ethics, translated with memoir, 1873, 3d ed., 1883; Collation of 'Four MSS. of the Gospels, by Ferrar, edited with introduction, 1877; Codex rescript us S. Matthaei Dublin ens is (Z), Dublin, 1880; Elements of Logic, London, 1883, 2d ed., 1885; Evangel i a antehieronymiana ex codice Dublin ens i, Dublin, 1884 Kant's Introduction to Logic, translated, London, 1885.