
Hatch and his wife Evelyn had four children: Arthur Herbert Hatch b. Hatch was a Bampton lecturer in He served as a Grinfield lecturer from toduring which time he presented his concordance on the Septuagint.Īuthor of hymn Breathe on me, Breath of God. InHatch edited The student's handbook to the University and colleges of Oxfordwhich appeared in several revised editions during and after his time at the University. Inhe was ordained as an Anglican priest, and travelled to TorontoCanada Westwhere he was professor of classics at Trinity College until He served as vice-principal of Saint Mary Hall until In he was appointed university reader in ecclesiastical history. He graduated from Pembroke College at Oxford University inwhere he was a dominant figure in the Birmingham Set after undergraduate studies at Cambridge University. Hatch attended King Edward's School, Birminghamwhere he studied under James Prince Leewho later became the Bishop of Manchester it was during this period of his life that he was first noted for his strong mental independence and extreme study habits, as well as when he joined the Church of England having been raised a nonconformist. He is also remembered as the composer of the hymn " Breathe on Me, Breath of God.


He is best known as the author of the book Influence of Greek Ideas and Usages Upon the Christian Churchwhich was based on the lectures he presented during the Hibbert Lectures and which were edited and published following his death.
