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“ He was assistant librarian at Harvard, 1856-72; university lecturer on the textual criticism of the New Testament, 1869-72, and Bussey professor of Sacred Literature there, 1872-84. He was married in 1843 to Catherine Meder of Jackson, Me., and in 1854 to Emily Everett of Cambridge, Mass. He received the honorary degree A.M. in 1861, and D.D. in 1872 from Harvard, and LL.D. from Yale in 1869, and from Bowdoin in 1879. He was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the American Oriental Society. ”

“ ABBOT, Ezra, biblical scholar, was born at Jackson, Me., April 28, 1819; son of Ezra and Phebe (Abbot) Abbot. He was educated at Phillips Exeter academy; graduated at Bowdoin college. A.B., 1840, A.M., 1843, and engaged in teaching school in Maine, 1840-47, and in Cambridge, Mass., 1847-55. ”