Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
English Anglican priest and ecclesiastical historian / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, FRS (13 December 1815 – 18 July 1881), known as Dean Stanley, was an English Anglican priest and ecclesiastical historian. He was Dean of Westminster from 1864 to 1881. His position was that of a Broad Churchman and he was the author of a number of works on Church History. He was a co-founder of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
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Dean of Westminster | |
Church | Church of England |
See | Royal Peculiar |
In office | 1864 to 1881 |
Predecessor | Richard Chenevix Trench |
Successor | George Granville Bradley |
Other post(s) | Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History (1856–1863) Rector of the University of St Andrews (1874–1877) |
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Born | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815-12-13)13 December 1815 Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England |
Died | 18 July 1881(1881-07-18) (aged 65) London, England |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Education | Rugby School |
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
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