Horatio Balch Hackett

Horatio Balch Hackett (December 27, 1808 – November 2, 1875), American biblical scholar, was born in Salisbury, Massachusetts. His father, Richard Hackett, was a ship-builder who died when Horatio was only five years old. Hence, Horatio and his brothers were raised mostly by their mother, Martha née Balch.^[1]

He was educated at Phillips Academy and at Amherst College, where he graduated as valedictorian in 1830, and at Andover Theological Seminary, where he graduated in 1834. He was adjunct professor of Latin and Greek Languages and Literature at Brown University in 1835-1838 and professor of Hebrew Literature there in 1838-1839.^[2]

He was ordained to the

He traveled in Egypt and Palestine in 1852,[2] and then in 1857 published a book on his observations and experiences entitled Illustrations of Scripture: A Tour Through the Holy Land.

In 1858-1859 he traveled around Greece, becoming proficient in

• Exercises in Hebrew Grammar And Selections from the Greek Scriptures to be Translated Into Hebrew, with Notes, Hebrew Phrases and References to Approved Works in Greek and Hebrew Philology (Andover: Allen, Morrill & Wardwell, 1847)
• Illustrations of Scripture: Suggested by a Tour Through the Holy Land (New York:T. Nelson and Sons, 1857)
• A Commentary on the Original Text of the Acts of the Apostles (Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1858)
• Christian Memorials of the War: Or, Scenes and Incidents Illustrative of Religious Faith and Principle, Patriotism and Bravery in Our Army. With Historical Notes (Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1864)

References

External links

• Cathcart, William, "Hackett, H.B," in The Baptist Encyclopedia (1881): 482–484
• Whittemore, George Memorials of Horatio Balch Hackett, (Rochester: E.R. Andrews, 1886)
• Works by Horatio Balch Hackett at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)