R. H. Charles (1855-1931) was Professor of Biblical Greek at Trinity
College Dublin (1898-1906), He was elected a fellow of the British
Academy in 1906, and a fellow of Merton College, Oxford in 1910. In 1925
he was the first recipient of the British Academy Medal for Biblical
Studies. Charles also received honorary degrees from the Universities of
Belfast in 1923 and Oxford in 1928. His publications include: 'The
Apocalypse of Baruch, ' 'The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, ' and
'The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament in English' (2
vols.)