Edward Elihu Whitfield, some 27 years William Kelly's junior, was a gifted linguist and teacher. Besides editing J. N. Darby's English version of the Old Testament (4 parts, London, 1883-89) and compiling William Kelly's expositions of Mark and Luke from the Bible Treasury, he wrote Outlines of Old Testament Study, Historical and Critical (1883).
From intro to "An Exposition of the Gospel of John: Edited, with additions, by Edward Elihu Whitfield"
He was educated at Oriel College, Oxford (B.A., 1874), and the University of Heidelberg, and after being a private tutor at Oxford, was modern language master at Sir Joseph Williamson’s School, Rochester (1889–99), lecturer in the School of Commerce at University College, Liverpool (1899–1901), and modern language master at Rutlish School, Merton, Surrey (1901–04) and King Edward VII.’s School, King’s Lynn, Norfolk (1904–05). In 1905 he retired from active life. Besides editing J. N. Darby’s English version of the Old Testament (4 parts, London, 1883–89) and W. Kelly’s expositions of Mark and John (2 vols., 1907–08), he has written Outlines of Old Testament Study, Historical and Critical (1883).
From The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, vol. XII, p. 342 (1911)
