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He was ordained in 1847, and shortly afterwards appointed chaplain, and then professor of pastoral theology, at King's College London.
In 1863, he was given a prebendal stall at St Paul's. From 1869 to 1874 he was a member of the committee appointed by Convocation to revise the authorized version of the Old Testament. He was Boyle lecturer in 1866–1867 (Christ and Christendom), and Grinfield lecturer on the Septuagint at Oxford 1872–1874. After successively holding the livings of Rector of Pluckley, 1869, and Vicar of Brickley in Kent, 1873, he was installed in 1881 as dean of Wells.
According to Julian, other positions include: Assistant Preacher at Lincoln's Inn; Select Preacher in Oxford; Professor of Pastoral Theology and King's College, London; Dean of Queen's Oxford; Professor of Exegesis of the New Testament in King's College London; Examiner in the Theological schools at Oxford;
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