Henry William Watkins (19 January 1844 – 31 August 1922) was an Anglican priest, academic and author.
[7] Ordained in 1870 [8] his first post was as a curate at St Nicholas, Pluckley[9] after which he was Vicar of Holy Trinity, Much Wenlock.
[10] He was a censor, tutor and lecturer in Greek Testament at King's College London from 1875 and Professor of Logic and Moral Philosophy from 1877.
He became Warden of St Augustine's College, Canterbury[11] in 1879; then held the three archdeaconries of the Diocese of Durham in quick succession: Archdeacon of Northumberland, 1880–June 1882; Archdeacon of Auckland, June–November 1882; and Archdeacon of Durham, November 1882 – 1922.
[12][13] He was Professor of Hebrew at Durham University,[14] retiring in 1920; and the Bampton Lecturer at Oxford, in 1890.