Henry John Matthews (Hebrew: הינרי יוחנן מאתיוס; 1844 - April 22, 1905), known professionally as H. J. Matthews, was a British librarian and scholar of Rabbinic commentaries to the Hebrew Bible.
He is most notable for first publishing the commentary of "Saadia" to the book of Ezra–Nehemiah and for his study of Benjamin ben Judah of Rome.
[4] and in 1880 he was appointed head librarian of the Bodleian Library locum tenens.
[5] He became a member of the Library Sub-Committee in 1882 and became its chairman in 1888, the same year he was examiner of the Kennicott Hebrew Scholarship,[6] and held that position until his death in 1905.
[10] Matthews was a shy and reserved bachelor of independent means who devoted his life to his scholarship and to the Brighton and Hove Public Library.