1840–1911

Introduction

Born: Jan­ua­ry 7, 1840, Cred­it­on, De­von­shire, Eng­land.

Died: June 5, 1911, Dur­ham, Eng­land.

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Biography

Body was edu­cat­ed at St. John’s Col­lege, Cam­bridge (BA 1862, MA 1876). In 1885, he re­ceived an hon­or­ary DD de­gree from Dur­ham Uni­ver­si­ty.

He served as cur­ate of St. James, Wed­nes­bu­ry (1863–65); Sedg­ley (1865–67); Christ Church, Wol­ver­hamp­ton (1867–70); rec­tor of Kir­by-Mis­per­ton (1870–74); ca­non of Dur­ham and Mis­sion­er of the Dio­cese (1883); and proc­tor for the Arch­dea­co­nry of Cleve­land (1880–85).

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