Herbert Danby (20 January 1889 – 29 March 1953)[1] was an Anglican priest and writer who played a central role in the change of attitudes toward Judaism[2] in the first half of the twentieth century.
[3] Danby was educated at Church Middle Class School, Leeds[4] and Keble College, Oxford.
His studies continued after he started work, and he was made a Doctor of Divinity in 1923, partly for his translation Tractate Sanhedrin, Mishna and Tosefta, published in 1919.
He was Grinfield Lecturer on the Septuagint, 1939–43, Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Monmouth, 1939–41 and Treasurer of Christ Church Cathedral from 1943.
Among his close friends were Professor Godfrey Rolles Driver of Oxford University and Rabbi Dr. Isidore Epstein of Jews' College, London.