Born: Sep­tem­ber 4, 1835, Der­by, Eng­land.

Died: No­vem­ber 10, 1889, St. Cle­ment, Head­ing­ton, Ox­ford­shire, Eng­land.

Hatch at­tend­ed Cam­bridge and Pem­broke Coll­ege, Ox­ford (BA in hon­ors, 1857). He was or­dained an Ang­li­can priest in 1859, then went to To­ron­to, Can­a­da, where he be­came a pro­fess­or of class­ics at Trin­i­ty Coll­ege. He lat­er be­came rec­tor of a high school in Qué­bec. He re­turned to Eng­land in 1867, serv­ing as Vice-Prin­ci­pal of St. Ma­ry’s Hall, Ox­ford. In 1883, he be­came rec­tor at Pur­leigh. A well known schol­ar, he wrote a con­cor­dance to the Sep­tu­a­gint, es­says on Bib­li­cal Greek, gave Bamp­ton Lec­tures in 1880, and Hib­bert Lec­tures in 1888. His works in­clude:

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  1. Breathe on Me, Breath of God