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George Farquhar (priest)

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Anglican priest and author

George Taylor Shillito Farquhar (25 February 1857 - 30 July 1927) was an Anglican priest and author in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

He was educated at Keble College, Oxford and ordained in 1881. He was Precentor of St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth after which he was Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane until his death on 30 July 1927.

In 1890 George Farquhar published a book of sonnets.

References

  1. "Farquhar, George T. S. (George Taylor Shillito), 1857-1927". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  2. Amongst others he wrote "The Episcopal History of Perth", 1894; "Our Ancient Scottish Cathedrals", 1897; "The Church’s Year", 1904; "Musicians", 1908; "The History of the Lay Claims under the Scottish Bishops", 1911; "Three Bishops of Dunkeld", 1915; and "A Scottish Twelvemonth and Other Poems", 1922; British Library web site accessed Friday 11 November 2011
  3. "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  4. Multiple News Items The Dundee Courier & Argus (Dundee, Scotland), Wednesday, 15 June 1881; Issue 8707
  5. "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
  6. "The Clergy List" London, Kelly’s, 1913
  7. "Who was Who" (ibid)

Bibliography

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded byVincent Lewis Rorison Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
1910 –1927 		Succeeded byJames Walker Harper
Deans of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane


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