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An eminent British philologist and essayist; born in Dublin, Sept. 5, 1807; died in London, March 28, 1886. He was dean of Westminster 1856-63; archbishop of Dublin from 1864. He was noted in philology, on which he wrote "Deficiencies in our English Dictionaries". Among many other works may be mentioned: "Poems from Eastern Sources" (1842); "Elegiac Poems" (1846); "Poems Collected and Arranged Anew" (1865); "Notes on the Parables of our Lord" (1841; 15th ed. 1884); "Notes on the Miracles of our Lord" (1846, 13th ed. 1886); "On the Study of Words" (1851, 15th ed. 1874); "English Past and Present" (1855-81); "The Authorized Version of the New Testament, in Connection with some Recent Proposals for Its Revision" (1858); "Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from their Present" (1859); "Studies on the Gospels" (1867); "Lectures on Mediaeval Church History" (1877). He edited several volumes of poetry, and "Remains of the Late Mrs. Richard Trench", his mother (1862).