John Dowse (priest)
The Very Rev. John Robert Dowse, MA (c. 1815 – 20 October 1892)[1] was Dean of Ferns[2] from 1879[3] until his death.[4]
He was born in Wexford, the son of Richard Dowse. He attended Trinity College Dublin, earning his BA in 1838 and MA in 1879.[5]
His youngest son Charles Dowse was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century.[6]
Notes
- ^ Thom's Irish who's who : a biographical book of reference of prominent men and women in Irish life at home and abroad. London DANIEL O'CONNOR, 1923
- ^ BELFAST: THURSDAY, 27 October 1892 Belfast Newsletter (Belfast, Ireland), Thursday, 27 October 1892; Issue 24124
- ^ Ecclesiastical Appointments The Times (London, England), Thursday, 10 April 1879; p. 11; Issue 29538
- ^ IGP
- ^ Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593-1860). Trinity College Dublin. p. 242. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "DOWSE, Rt Rev. Charles Benjamin", Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 1 September 2014
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