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Fenton J. A. Hort

Fenton J. A. Hort
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Short Name: Fenton J. A. Hort
Full Name: Hort, Fenton J. A. 1828-1892
Birth Year: 1828
Death Year: 1892

Hort, Fenton John Anthony, D.D., was born Apr. 23, 1828, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, B.A. in 1st class Classical Tripos, 1850, and also in the Moral Science Tripos and the Natural Science Tripos, 1851. He has held several distinguished appointments at his University, has published several learned works, was joint editor with Dr. Westcott of The New Testament in the Original Greek, and sat as one of the Revision Committee of the New Testament. He has translation a few hymns. He died Nov. 30, 1892.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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Texts by Fenton J. A. Hort (4)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Joy because the circling yearFenton J. A. Hort (Translator)English10
Now dawning glows the day of daysFenton J. A. Hort (Translator)English1
O glory of thy chosen raceFenton J. A. Hort (Translator (English))1
O Strength and Stay, upholding all creationFenton Anthony Hort (Translator)English24

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