David Wilson (Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin)
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David Frederick Ruddell Wilson (1871–1957) was an Irish[1] Anglican priest [2] and hymnist.[3] He was Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin in the Church of Ireland in the second quarter of the 20th century.[4]
Born into an ecclesiastical family,[5] he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Ordained in 1895, his first position was as a curate at St. Ann’s Belfast.[6] He was Succentor and then Precentor of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin until 1914 when he became Rector of Drumcondra. He then held a similar post at Donnybrook until his elevation to the Deanery.[7]
He died on 24 November 1957.[8]
References
- ↑ JSTOR
- ↑ Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 052156350X, 9780521563505
- ↑ Oremus
- ↑ Sir Shane Leslie Papers
- ↑ He was the son of the Rev. James Wilson, Rector of Tyholland, Monaghan > “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007, ISBN 9780199540877
- ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
- ↑ "A New History of Ireland” by Theodore William Moody, F. X. Martin, Francis John Byrne, Art Cosgrove: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0198217455
- ↑ Who was Who (ibid)
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| Preceded by | Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin 1935–1950 |
Succeeded by William Cecil De Pauley |
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