Professor Henry Sylvester Nash '78, D.D., senior member of the faculty of the Episcopal Theological School, died early yesterday morning after an illness of over a year. Last spring he was obliged to give up his classes, but his health improved during the summer, so that he began lecturing again this fall. After giving only a few lectures, however, he was obliged to relinquish his work.

Professor Nash entered Harvard in 1874 and obtained his A.B. four 'years later. Then entering the Theological School, he received the degree of B.D. in 1881. Besides these degrees he has been honored with S. T. D. from Trinity, and D. D. from Harvard a few years ago.

For several years immediately before 1884, Dr. Nash was rector at the Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill; since then he has been professor of the literature and interpretation of the New Testament at the Theological School. He is the author of many important books, dealing with religious subjects.

The funeral will be held at 2.30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The services will take place in St. John's Memorial Chapel, Cambridge. From there the remains will be carried to Mt. Auburn Cemetery where they will be interred in the family burial ground.