Asahel C. Kendrick

Asahel Clark Kendrick (December 7, 1809 – October 21, 1895) was an American classicist, grammarian and exegete. He was the first professor of Greek at the University of Rochester. He was the author of textbooks on Greek grammar, and a contributor to the Revised Version of the New Testament.

Early life Kendrick was born on December 7, 1809, in Poultney, Vermont. His father, Clark Kendrick, was a Baptist missionary. Kendrick graduated from Hamilton College in 1831. Kendrick spent 1852-1854 in Greece, Germany and Italy. 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 Rochester Theological Seminary from 1865 to 1868. 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's brother James Ryland Kendrick (1821-1889) was a Baptist minister and served in 1885 as acting president of Vassar College. Kendrick's niece Belle Kendrick Abbott (1842-1893) was an author and journalist.

Kendrick died on October 21, 1895, in Rochester, New York.

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