Asahel C. Kendrick (December 7, 1809 – October 21, 1895) was an American classicist, grammarian and exegete. He was the first professor of Greek at the

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. He was the author of textbooks on Greek grammar, and a contributor to the

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of the

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Early life

Kendrick was born on December 7, 1809 in

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. His father, Clark Kendrick, was a Baptist missionary. Kendrick graduated from

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in 1831.

Career

Kendrick began his career at Madison University, later known as

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, as a professor of Greek and Latin. He taught Latin until 1850, when he became the first professor of Greek at the

. Kendrick was also appointed as the executive officer while the trustees carried out their presidential search and appointed

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. Kendrick spent 1852-1854 in Greece, Germany and Italy. He returned to the United States, and he held the Monroe professorship in Greek at the University of Rochester until 1885. He was the president of the

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and an associate fellow of the

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in 1873. He authored textbooks about Greek grammar, including a revised version of ''The Principles of Greek Grammar'' by Peter Bullions. Kendrick also taught Hebrew and New Testament interpretation at the

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from 1865-1868. He served on the committee for the

of the New Testament from 1872 to 1880, and he wrote exegeses on the New Testament.

Personal life and death

Kendrick resided at 301 Alexander Street in Rochester, New York. He had a son and four daughters. His son, James Ryland Kendrick, taught Latin and Greek at the University of Rochester. Kendrick died on October 21, 1895 in Rochester, New York.

Selected works

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References

External links

Works by Asahel C. Kendrick
on the

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