Edward Dunn (bishop)
Edward Arthur Dunn (8 August 1868 – 11 January 1955) was an eminent Anglican bishop in the mid-20th century.[1]
Biography
[edit]Born into an ecclesiastical family – his father was Andrew Hunter Dunn, at sometime the Bishop of Quebec.[2] On 8 August, 1868, he was educated at the Marlborough and Pembroke College, Cambridge.[3][4] Ordained in 1895, he was successively the Curate and then the Rector of St Paul's Quebec,[5][failed verification] Professor of Pastoral Theology at the Bishop's University, Lennoxville, and finally (before his elevation to the episcopate) the Rural Dean of Gaspe.[6] Appointed to the post of Bishop of British Honduras in 1916, he was later elected the Archbishop of the West Indies.[7] After retiring, he continued to take an active part in the life of his adopted country[8] until his death on 11 January, 1955.
References
[edit]- ^ The Times, Wednesday, Jan 12, 1955; pg. 10; Issue 53137; col E "Obituary - Archbishop E. A. Dunn"
- ^ "Dunn, Edward Arthur". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 28 March 2016. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Dunn, Edward Arthur (DN889EA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ The Times, Friday, Feb 12, 1897; pg. 8; Issue 35125; col B "University Intelligence. Cambridge, Feb. 11"
- ^ St. Paul's Anglican Church
- ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 731.
- ^ "New Archbishop Of West Indies (Official Appointments and Notices)" The Times Monday, Dec 7, 1936; pg. 13; Issue 47551; col B
- ^ Devises world's narrowest street Archived February 7, 2005, at the Wayback Machine