He was the grandson of
John Gooch Robberds and brother of Professor
C. H. Herford, of
Manchester University. Herford was educated at Owens College, Manchester, and
Manchester New College, London (B.A. 1880) Then, as a
Hibbert Scholar, he studied at the
University of Leiden. From 1914 to 1925 he was librarian of
Dr Williams's Library, Grafton Street, London. In 1886 Herford's first effort in
Talmudics appeared in an article on "The Jerusalem Talmud" contributed to
The Christian Reformer. He was noted as one of the first Christian scholars of the
Pharisees to take a neutral view between Talmud and New Testament. ==Works==