Introduction

Biography

Edward was the son of John Day­man of Mam­bu­ry, North De­von.

He was edu­cat­ed at Blun­dell’s School, Tiv­er­ton, Dev­on, and Exe­ter Col­lege, Ox­ford (first class in Lit. Hum., 1829; BA 1830; MA 1831; BD 1841). He was for some time Fel­low and Tu­tor of his Col­lege, and Pro-Proc­tor, 1835.

Taking Ho­ly Or­ders in 1835, he be­came suc­cess­ive­ly ex­am­in­er for the Uni­ver­si­ty Schol­ar­ship for La­tin, 1838; in Lit. Hum., 1838–39, and 1841–42; Sen. Proc­tor of the Uni­ver­si­ty, 1840; Rec­tor of Shill­ing-Oke­ford or Shill­ing­stone, Dor­set, 1842; Rur­al Dean, 1849; Proc­tor in Con­vo­ca­tion, 1852; and Can­on of Bit­ton in Sar­um Ca­thed­ral, 1862.

Works

• Modern In­fi­del­ity, 1861
• Essay on In­spi­ra­tion, 1864
• Sarum Hym­nal, 1868. He was joint ed­it­or with Lord Nel­son and Can­on (later Bish­op) Wood­ford. The hym­nal con­tained tran­sl­ations from the La­tin, and orig­in­al hymns by him.
• Statuta et Con­su­etud­in­es Ec­cle­si­ae Ca­thed­ral­is Sar­is­bu­ri­en­sis, 1883. He was joint ed­it­or with Can­on Rich-Jones.

Dayman al­so con­trib­ut­ed sev­er­al trans­la­tions from the La­tin to the Hym­na­ry, 1872, and for ma­ny years worked on an Eng­lish dic­tion­ary of med­ie­val La­tin.