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A scholar of University College, Oxford, he graduated with a double-first class in 1844, and in the same year he was elected fellow of Brasenose College. He was ordained in 1847, and shortly afterwards appointed chaplain, and then professor of pastoral theology, at King's College, London.
In 1863 he was given a prebendal stall at St Paul'sAlternative meanings: St Paul's Cathedral (Macau), St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne St Paul's Cathedral is a cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London in London, and the seat of the Bishop of London. The present building dates from the 17th century,, and from 18691869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events March 1 North German Confederation issues 10 gr and 30gr value stamps, printed on goldbeater's skin May 10 Transcontinental Railroad completed at Promontory, Utah. May 15 Wo to 1874Events January 1 New York City annexes The Bronx January 23 Marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh, second son of Queen Victoria, to Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, only daughter of Emperor Alexander III of Russia. January Signing of the Pangkor Tr he was a member of the committee appointed by Convocation to revise the authorized version of the Old TestamentThe Old Testament or the Hebrew Scriptures constitutes the first major part of the Christian Bible, usually divided into the categories law, history, poetry (or wisdom books) and prophecy. All of those books were written before the birth of Jesus. Canon o. He was Boyle lecturer in 18661866 is a common year starting on Monday. Events January 6 Ottoman troops clash with men of a Maronite leader Karam in St. Doumit in Lebanon Turks are defeated January 12 Royal Aeronautical Society is formed ( London) January 28 800 Maronite troops clash- 1867Events January 8 African-American men granted the right to vote in the District of Columbia January 11 Benito Juarez becomes Mexican president again January 30 Emperor Komei of Japan dies. Crown Prince Mutsuhito is expected to become the next Emperor of J (Christ and Christendom), and Grinfield lecturer on the SeptuagintThe Septuagint (LXX is the name commonly given to the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible ( Old Testament) made in the first centuries BC. The Septuagint bible includes additional books beyond those used in today's Jewish Tanakh. The additional books we at OxfordThis is about the city of Oxford in England. See also other meanings, including other cities. Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 ( 2001 census). Its latitude and longitude are 51°45'07" N a 1872- 1874. After successively holding the livings of Pluckley and Brickley in Kent, he was installed in 1881 as dean of Wells.
Plumptre was a man of great versatility and attained high reputation as a translator of the plays of Sophocles ( 1865) and Aeschylus ( 1868), and of the Divina commedia of Dante ( 1886). In verse his main achievements were Lazarus ( 1864), and Master and Scholar (1866).
Among his many theological works may be mentioned An Exposition of the Epistles to the Seven Churches ( 1877), The Spirits in Prison ( 1884), The Book of Proverbs (which he annotated in the Speaker's Commentary), the Synoptic Gospels, Acts, and II Corinthians, in Bishop Ellicott 's New Testament Commentary, and Life and Letters of Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells (1888).