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Richard William Church
English cleric and writer, 1815–1890 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Richard William Church (25 April 1815 – 6 December 1890) was an English churchman and writer, known latterly as Dean Church. He was a close friend of John Henry Newman and allied with the Tractarian movement. Later he moved from Oxford academic life to some prominence in the Church of England.
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