7 October 1810 A.D. Birth: Henry Alford: Dean of Canterbury, poet, and Biblical scholar
7 October 1810 A.D. Birth: Henry Alford: Dean of Canterbury, poet, and Biblical scholar Kent, William Charles. “Henry Alford—Dean of Canterbury, poet, and scholar.” 1902 Encyclopedia. N.d. http://www.1902encyclopedia.com/A/ALF/henry-alford.html . Accessed 7 Oct 2015. Henry Alford Dean of Canterbury, poet, and scholar (1810-71) Henry Alford , D.D., Dean of Canterbury, one of the most variously-accomplished churchmen of his day -- poet, preacher, painter, musician, biblical scholar, critic, and philologist -- was born at 25 Alfred Place, Bedford Row, London, October 7th, 1810 (died 1871). He came of a Somersetshire family, five generations of which, in direct succession, contributed clergymen of some distinction to the English Church. The earliest of these, his great-great-grandfather, Thomas, who died in 1708, was for many years the vicar of Curry Rivell, near Taunton -- a living that passed from one to another of his descenda...