Researching Henry Watkins
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 18148 people with the Watkins surname? In that year Watkins was ranked number 202 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Henry means "ruler of the home" and is of German origin.
Records of Henry Watkins on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Henry Watkins and the Watkins Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 23658 people with the Watkins surname in the UK? Watkins is now ranked number 220 for popularity in the UK. |
Watkins Genealogy Databases
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Henry Watkins. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Henry Watkins (priest)
Henry William Watkins was an Anglican priest, academic and author.
Born in Abergavenny on 19 January 1844, he was educated at King's College London and Balliol College, Oxford. Ordained in 1870 his first post was as a curate at St Nicholas, Pluckley after which he was Vicar of Holy Trinity, Much Wenlock. 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 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. He was Professor of Hebrew at Durham University, retiring in 1920; and the Bampton Lecturer at Oxford, in 1890.
He died at Brighton on 31 August 1922.
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