James Hessey

James Augustus Hessey[1] (17 July 1814 – 24 December 1892)[2] was a British cleric and Headmaster of Merchant Taylors' School.

[3] He was born in London, the eldest son of publisher James Augustus Hessey, of St. Bride's, City of London and was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and St. John's College, Oxford,[4] where he was for some years a resident fellow and lecturer.

[3] In 1839, he was made vicar of Hellidon, Northamptonshire, appointed public examiner at Oxford in 1842 and select preacher in the university in 1849.

From 1872 to 1874 he was classical examiner for the Indian Civil Service, before being collated Archdeacon of Middlesex in 1875, a post he filled until his death in 1892.

[3] Hessey wrote a number of religious texts, including:[3] In 1853 he edited the Institutio Linguae Sanctae of Victorinus Bythner.