Rash's Surname Index

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Notes for George Emlen HARE

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HARE, George Emlen, educator, was born in Philadeliphia, Pa., Sept. 4, 1808. He was a nephew of Dr. Robert Hare, the celebrated scientist, 1781-1858. He was graduated at Union college in 1826; and was ordained deacon in the P.E. church by Bishop White, Dec. 20, 1829, and priest in 1830. He was rector of St. John's church, Carlisle, Pa., 1830-34; of Trinity church, Princeton, N.J., 1834-43; assistant professor of Latin and Greek at the University of Pennsylvania, 1844-45, head master of the diocesan training school of the P. E. church in Philadelphia, 1846-52; instructor in the diocesan training school, and professor of biblical learning and of New Testament literature in the Divinity school of the P.E. church in Philadelphia, the outgrowth of the former school, 1852-89, and professor emeritus, 1889-92. He was a member of the standing committee of the diocese and a frequent delegate to the general convention. He served as a member of the American committee for the revision of the Old Testament translation. He received from Columbia the degree of S.T.D. in 1843 and from the University of Pennsylvania that of LL.D. in 1873. He was married to Elizabeth Catherine, daughter of the Rt. Rev. John Henry Hobart, bishop of New York, and their son, William Hobart Hare, became bishop of South Dakota. Professor Hare is the author of Christ to Return (1840); and Visions and Narratives of the Old Testament (1889). He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 15, 1892.

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