Kay, William ,by William Alexander GreenhillDictionary of National Biography, ١٨٨٥ - ١٩٠٠, Volume ٣٠. KAY, WILLIAM (١٨٢٠ - ١٨٨٦), biblical scholar, youngest of nine children of Thomas and Ann Kay of Knaresborough, was born ٨ April ١٨٢٠, at Pickering in the North Riding of Yorkshire. He passed two years at Giggleswick school, and, together with James Fraser (١٨١٨ - ١٨٨٥)]q. v.[, afterwards bishop of Manchester, gained an open scholarship at Lincoln College, Oxford, ١٥ March ١٨٣٦. He already showed himself (in Mark Pattison's words) 'a young Hercules in intellectual power,' and graduated in ١٨٣٩ with a first class in classics and a second in mathematics. He was elected a fellow of his college ٢٢ Oct. ١٨٤٠, and in ١٨٤٢ was appointed one of the tutors, proceeded M.A., and was elected Pusey and Ellerton Hebrew scholar. He took holy orders in ١٨٤٣, and in ١٨٤٩, after proceeding B.D., he went out to India as principal of Bishop's College, Calcutta. Here he exerted much influence in the religious world, and published several pieces at the college press. Of these the most important was his translation of the Psalms, ١٨٦٤ (٣ rd edit., enlarged and improved, London, ١٨٧٧). The notes are chiefly critical and exegetical, somewhat dry in form, but suggestive and thoughtful in matter. In ١٨٥٥ he paid his only visit to England while principal of Bishop's College, and proceeded D.D. at Oxford. In