EDWARDS

edwards, bela bates (1802-1852), american man of letters, was born at southampton, massachusetts, on the 4th of july 1802. he graduated at amherst college in 1824, was a tutor there in 1827-1828, graduated at andover theological seminary in 1830, and was licensed to preach. from 1828 to 1833 he was assistant secretary of the american education society (organized in boston in 1815 to assist students for the ministry), and from 1828 to 1842 was editor of the society's organ, which after 1831 was called the _american quarterly register_. he also founded (in 1833) and edited the _american quarterly observer_; in 1836-1841 edited the _biblical repository_ (after 1837 called the _american biblical repository_) with which the _observer_ was merged in 1835; and was editor-in-chief of the _bibliotheca sacra_ from 1844 to 1851. in 1837 he became professor of hebrew at andover, and from 1848 until his death was associate professor of sacred literature there. he died at athens, georgia, on the 20th of april 1852. among his numerous publications were _a missionary gazetteer_ (1832), _a biography of self taught men_ (1832), a once widely known _eclectic reader_ (1835), a translation, with samuel harvey taylor (1807-1871), of kuhner's _schulgrammatik der griechischen sprache_ and _classical studies_ (1844), essays in ancient literature and art written in collaboration with barnas sears and c. c. felton. edwards' _addresses and sermons_, with a memoir by rev. edwards a. park, were published in two volumes at boston in 1853.