Henry Watkins (priest)
Henry William Watkins was an Anglican priest, academic and author.[7] Ordained in 1870 [8] his first post was as a curate at St Nicholas, Pluckley[9] after which he was Vicar of Holy Trinity, Much Wenlock.[10] He was a censor, tutor and lecturer in Greek Testament at King's College London from 1875 and Professor of Logic and Moral Philosophy from 1877.He became Warden of St Augustine's College, Canterbury[11] in 1879; then held the three archdeaconries of the Diocese of Durham in quick succession: Archdeacon of Northumberland, 1880–June 1882; Archdeacon of Auckland, June–November 1882; and Archdeacon of Durham, November 1882 – 1922.[12][13] He was Professor of Hebrew at Durham University,[14] retiring in 1920; and the Bampton Lecturer at Oxford, in 1890.