William Edward Jelf

William Edward Jelf (1811–1875) was an English churchman and academic, known as a classical scholar.

There he was elected a student in the same year, gained a first class in classics at the Easter examination and graduated B.A.

As proctor and senior censor he was unpopular, striking the wrong note with undergraduates.

[1] One of the Whitehall preachers from 1846 to 1848, Jelf left Oxford in 1849 to become vicar of Carleton, North Yorkshire, a college living.

A significant court case permitted the use of the English language and opened the way to liturgical anglicisation in predominantly Welsh-speaking areas.

Based on his notes, a commentary on the first Epistle of St. John was published with the Greek text in 1877, edited by William Webster.