H.H. Rowley (1890-1969)

Abstract

"We are met here this afternoon-a company drawn from many places and circumstances and representative of a far larger company-to remember a remarkable man and to express our respect and regard for him. Known in scholarly circles throughout the world, H. H. Rowley was one of the outstanding workers in the field of Old Testament studies; and his interests reached out into a number of kindred fields, particularly those of comparative religion and Chinese studies . He became a Fellow of the British Academy. He received the coveted Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies. He. taught in three Universities. A dozen more in this country and overseas honoured him. For nearly half a century he was able to pour out a stream of learned articles in a score of professional journals and books both large and small. He was indeed a prodigious worker, indefatigable in the tasks he undertook, driving himself and others to the last"