page_title: R. Travers Herford
hierarchical_section_title: R. Travers Herford
caption_attribution_description: English: Robert Travers Herford 14 Gordon Square blue plaque
context_page_description: Robert Travers Herford B.A., D.D., Litt.D. was a British Unitarian minister and scholar of rabbinical literature.
  He was the grandson of John Gooch Robberds and brother of Professor C. H. Herford, of Manchester University. Herford was educated at Owens College, Manchester, and Manchester New College, London Then, as a Hibbert Scholar, he studied at the University of Leiden. From 1914 to 1925 he was librarian of Dr Williams's Library, Grafton Street, London.
  In 1886 Herford's first effort in Talmudics appeared in an article on "The Jerusalem Talmud" contributed to The Christian Reformer.
  He was noted as one of the first Christian scholars of the Pharisees to take a neutral view between Talmud and New Testament.
context_section_description: Robert Travers Herford B.A., D.D., Litt.D. (1860–1950) was a British Unitarian minister and scholar of rabbinical literature.
  He was the grandson of John Gooch Robberds and brother of Professor C. H. Herford, of Manchester University. Herford was educated at Owens College, Manchester, and Manchester New College, London (B.A. 1880) Then, as a Hibbert Scholar, he studied at the University of Leiden. From 1914 to 1925 he was librarian of Dr Williams's Library, Grafton Street, London.
  In 1886 Herford's first effort in Talmudics appeared in an article on "The Jerusalem Talmud" contributed to The Christian Reformer.
  He was noted as one of the first Christian scholars of the Pharisees to take a neutral view between Talmud and New Testament.
caption: Blue plaque, 14 Gordon Square, London
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