Editing Edwin Hatch (section)

==Biography==
He was born in [[Derby]], the son of Samuel Hatch, a grocer and accountant, and his wife Charlotte Mooney; Walter Mooney Hatch was his brother.<ref name="ODNB">{{cite ODNB|id=12589|first=H. C. G.|last=Matthew|title=Hatch, Edwin (1835–1889)}}</ref><ref>{{alox2|title=Hatch, Walter Mooney}}</ref> He attended [[King Edward's School, Birmingham]], where he studied under [[James Prince Lee]]; he was noted for his intellectual independence and study habits. He joined the [[Church of England]], baptised in 1852, having been raised a [[Nonconformist (Protestantism)|nonconformist]], under the influence of [[John Cale Miller]], rector of [[St Martin in the Bull Ring]].<ref name="ODNB"/>

Hatch matriculated at [[Pembroke College, Oxford]] in 1853, where he was a dominant figure in the [[Birmingham Set]]. He graduated B.A. in 1857, and M.A. in 1867.<ref name="alox">{{alox2|title=Hatch, Edwin}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Hare|first=Humphrey|year=1949|title=Swinburne: a biographical approach|location=London|publisher=H. F. & G. Witherby|page=38|oclc=361619|url=https://books.google.com/books?ei=60DqTbnaFsap8QPJ64SkAQ|accessdate=2011-06-04}}</ref>

In 1858, Hatch won the Ellerton Prize. That year, he was ordained deacon, and worked in London's [[East End]]. In 1859, he was ordained as an Anglican priest.<ref name="ODNB"/> He moved to [[Toronto]], [[Canada West]], where he was professor of classics at [[University of Trinity College|Trinity College]] until 1862. Between then and his return to [[Oxford, England]], in 1867, he served as rector of the High School of Quebec and professor of Classics at [[Morrin College]], both in [[Quebec City]]. He was vice-principal of [[St Mary Hall]] from 1867 until 1885.<ref name="alox"/> In 1884 he was appointed university reader in [[ecclesiastical]] history.

Hatch was a [[Bampton Lectures|Bampton lecturer]] in 1880. He served as a [[Grinfield Lectures|Grinfield lecturer]] from 1880 to 1884, during which time he presented his concordance on the [[Septuagint]].