Norman Snaith | |
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Born | Norman Henry Snaith |
Died | 1982 (aged 83–84) |
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Occupation | Scholar |
Norman Henry Snaith (1898–1982) was a British Old Testament scholar and a professor at Wesley College, Leeds.
Snaith was the son of a Primitive Methodist minister. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, reading mathematics before studying Semitic languages under George Buchanan Gray at Mansfield College.
Snaith became a Primitive Methodist minister, taking up pastoral work until appointed Professor of Old Testament at Wesley College in 1936. He became Principal of Wesley College in 1954, and retired in 1961. [1] In 1957, Snaith was president of the Society for Old Testament Study. [1]
Norman Snaith | |
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Born | Norman Henry Snaith |
Died | 1982 (aged 83–84) |
Education | |
Occupation | Scholar |
Norman Henry Snaith (1898–1982) was a British Old Testament scholar and a professor at Wesley College, Leeds.
Snaith was the son of a Primitive Methodist minister. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, reading mathematics before studying Semitic languages under George Buchanan Gray at Mansfield College.
Snaith became a Primitive Methodist minister, taking up pastoral work until appointed Professor of Old Testament at Wesley College in 1936. He became Principal of Wesley College in 1954, and retired in 1961. [1] In 1957, Snaith was president of the Society for Old Testament Study. [1]