Henry Jones Ripley, an American clergyman, born in Boston, Mass., June 28, 1798, died at Newton Centre, May 21, 1875. He graduated at Harvard college in 1816, studied theology at Andover, was ordained in Boston in 1819, and became pastor of the North Newport Baptist church, in Liberty co., Ga. In 1826 he was appointed professor of Biblical literature and pastoral duties in the Newton theological institution, Mass.; in 1833, when the duties of the professorship were divided, he became professor of Biblical literature and interpretation, and afterward of sacred rhetoric and pastoral duties. He resigned in 1860. He published "Memoir of Rev. Thomas S. Winn" (Boston, 1824); "An Examination of Prof. Stuart's Essay on the Mode of Baptism " (1833); "Notes on the Four Gospels" (2 vols., 1837-8); "Notes on the Acts of the Apostles" (1844); "Sacred Rhetoric, or Composition and Delivery of Sermons" (1849); "Notes on the Epistle to the Romans " (1857); "Church Polity" (1867); and "Notes on Hebrews " (1868).