TRENCH, RICHARD CHENEVIX, Archbishop of Dublin, divine and scholar of the church of England, belongs to an Anglo-Irish family of Galway, the Trenches of Wood lawn, and was born at Dublin, Sept. 9. 1807. He was educated at and Trin ity college, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1829. After traveling for a few years he became a country curate; and in 1837 or 1838, published two volumes of poetry, which had at least the merit of imitating Wordsworth, and were favorably received. One of the poems, The Story of Justin Martyr, is even yet faintly remembered. In 1845, Trench was presented to the rectory of Itchin Stoke; in 1847 he became theological professor and examiner in King's college, London; in 1856 dean of Westminster; and in 1864, on the death of Whately, archbishop of Dublin. Trench has written extensively and well. He has a quick, keen understanding; his seliClarship is varied and choice, though not sufficiently precise or scientific for philological purposes; his fancy, some times poetic, and always picturesque, enables him to invest the dry discussion of words with a peculiar fascination; and if the results of his etymological inquiries are not always sure, the processes are invariably pleasant. As a literary critic, Trench is both.
acute and elegant. His principal works are: Notes on the Miracles (1846); Notes on the Parables (1841; 12th ed. 1874); The Lessons in Proverbs (1853), from all of which his pro fessional brethren have borrowed liberally for the work of the pulpit; The Sermon on. the Mount, illustrated from St. Augustine (1844); Sacred Latin Poetry (1849); St. Augus tine as an Interpreter of Scripture (1851); Synonyms of the _New Testament (1854); The Epistles to the Seven Churches of Asia Minor; An Essay on the Life and Genius of Cal deron; Deficiencies in our English Dictionaries; Glossary of English Words used in different Senses (1859); the Study of Words (1851), of which last, 22 editions appeared in America before 1862; A Memoir of his Mother (1862); and Lectures on Mediaeval Church history (1878).