Bernard Hodgson
Bernard Hodgson (b 5 November Westminster 1743 – d Oxford 28 May 1805) was an Oxford college head.

Hodgson was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. On 30 October 1775 he became Principal of Hertford College, Oxford. A Hebraist and poet, he translated Song of Solomon (1786, The Proverbs of Solomon (1788) and Ecclesiastes: a New Translation from the Original Hebrew (1790); and "The Monastery: a Poem on the Building of a Monastery in Dorsetshire" (1795).

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People educated at Westminster School, London
Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
Principals of Hertford College, Oxford
British Hebraists
1743 births
1805 deaths
People from Westminster