HORNE

horne, george (1730-1792), english divine, was born on the 1st of november 1730, at otham near maidstone, and received his education at maidstone school and university college, oxford. in 1749 he became a fellow of magdalen, of which college he was elected president in 1768. as a preacher he early attained great popularity, and was, albeit unjustly, accused of methodism. his reputation was helped by several clever if somewhat wrong-headed publications, including a satirical pamphlet entitled _the theology and philosophy of cicero's somnium scipionis_ (1751), a defence of the hutchinsonians in _a fair, candid and impartial state of the case between sir isaac newton and mr hutchinson_ (1753), and critiques upon william law (1758) and benjamin kennicott (1760). in 1771 he published his well-known _commentary on the psalms_. a series of expositions based on the messianic idea. in 1776 he was chosen vice-chancellor of his university; in 1781 he was made dean of canterbury, and in 1790 was raised to the see of norwich. he died at bath on the 17th of january 1792. his collected _works_ were published with a memoir by william jones in 1799.