Cheyne, Thomas Kelly, 1841-1915, English cleric and biblical critic, educated at Oxford. While studying at Göttingen, he was influenced by Georg Ewald and gained a view of German biblical criticism little known at the time in England. From 1885 to 1908 he was Oriel professor of the interpretation of Scripture at Oxford. The author of many books of biblical criticism, his most celebrated works were on the Major Prophets and on the Psalms. He also wrote Jewish Religious Life after the Exile (1898) and The Reconciliation of Races and Religions (1914). With J. S. Black, Cheyne edited the Encyclopaedia Biblica (4 vol., 1899-1903).

Cheyne may refer to the following people:

• Cheyne Coates, an Australian dance music and pop singer;
• George Cheyne (1671-1743), physician and medical writer;
• George Cheyne (8 April 1790 - 5 June 1869), early settler in Western Australia
• Sir John Cheyne (c1445-1499), Master of the Horse to king Edward IV and temporary hostage after the Treaty of Picquigny (1475).
• John Cheyne (1777-1836), British physician, surgeon and author.
• Sir John Cheyne (1905), see Bannatyne v Overtoun.
• Thomas Cheney(Cheyne) (c1485-1558) Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports in South-East England
• Thomas Kelly Cheyne (1841–1915) English divine and Biblical critic.
• Sir William Cheyne, 1st Baronet British surgeon and bacteriologist, who pioneered the use of antiseptical surgical methods in the United Kingdom

It may also refer to the the Cheyne Baronets The Cheyne Baronetcy was created for William Watson Cheyne in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 20 July 1908, a branch of the English gentry family, giving its name to their home of Chenies, Buckinghamshire and Chenies Manor House and to parts of Chelsea (such as Cheyne Walk).

It may also refer to

• Cheyne-Stokes respiration, a medical condition described by the John Cheyne(physician) - see above
• Cheyne Walk

• Cheyne is an alternate spelling of the name Shane.

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