New-York tribune., 1884-03-23

Ezra Abbot was born In the town Of Jackson, Me-,
April 49, 1919 His father, Ezra Abbot, farmer sent
him to Phillips Exeter Academy, where he was pre-
pared for college He entered Bowdoin College In 1896
and graduated from that institution In 1elO
Shortly after graduation he accepted appointment rs
teacher OF a school at East Machas, Me-, position
which he held for about Ave years In the year sf7 he
removed to Cambridge Mass where he began the prose
cution those studies which he afterward became
well known. In 1856 he chosen assist
ant librarian of Harvard University the
duties of which Office he filed for
time in addition to those OF teacher In the Cambridge
High School His great abilities and painstang schol-
arshp soon made themselves manifest in Harvard He
had entire charge Of the cataong and classification OF
the books manuscripts and pamphlets of the Library
until 1872 when he elected Bussey Professor Of New
Testament Criticism and Interpretation I'm the Harvard
Divinity School, In addition to his routine duties as
Librarian and professor in Harvard, Dr. Abbots labOrs
were numerous and important In 1858 he published
Classical Catalogue Of the Library Of the Cambridge
High School" In 1855 he edited Andrew Nortons pos
thumous Translation of the Gospels, ana nil856 Nor
tons Statement OF the Reasons for not Believing the
Doctrines OF Trnitarians." In 1864 he published
bis Literature Of the Doctrine OF Future Life in
subject In 1860 he edited Lawson's Church OF the
First Three Centuries and in 1866 Orme's Memoir OF
the Controversy ON the Three Heavenly Witnesses In
1850 edited and revised Husons Critical Greek and
English Concordance Of the New Testament" He was
"DictoIary OF the Bible and his articles photography
for that work are exceedingly valuable lie gave sub.
sautia aid to the Rev Dr. NOyes in his Translation OF
the New Testament" which published in 1869. His
work on The Authorship OF the Fourth Gospel-EXter-
nal EvidenceS brought ont in 1880 s well-s nown 10
European and American scholars, and Is valued for
the learning and imparuaity winch It displays. Among
his last abors the assistance which he to Dr. C.
II. Gregory Of Leipsc in the preparation OF his Pro-
legomena to FschendOrfs last critical edition OF the
Greek Testament
Besides his more ambitious abors Dr. Abbot also
vOlunnous conr1butoro theper0dical Biblical literature
~ fhed daV I'm and
the American Bible Revision Committee which assisted
the English Bible Revision Committee In preparing the
revised edition of the New Testament which was re-
Gently published. lie who loved learning for
its sake alone and quite content that his abOrs
should add to the fame OF others provided the cause %
knowledge was thereby advanced. In tho special
department OF Biblical literature he stood
among the foremost sch0lara OF the
present day and in textua criticism he probably
superior TO any one In America. He was man OF sing
lar modesty and disnterestedness and was endowed
with an almost unlimited capacity for work. He
possessed wthal the qualities of horoughness and ac-
curacy and in all his studies anxious to learn
the truth than establish any fOregOne conclusion His
death Will he serious loss TO the world Of scholarship
this country and Europe.