Eustace Prescott
John Eustace Prescott (1830-1920) was an Anglican priest[1] and author[2] in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.[3]
Prescott was born in Wakefield, educated at Peterborough Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and ordained in 1859.[4] After a curacies in Whissendine and Hawkshead he was the incumbent at St Edward, Cambridge[5] and then St Mary, Carlisle.[6]
He was Archdeacon of Carlisle from 1883[7] until his death on 17 February 1920;[8] and Chancellor of the Diocese of Carlisle from 1900.[9]
Notes
- ↑ High Court The Times (London, England), Monday, Jun 11, 1883; pg. 18; Issue 30843
- ↑ Amongst others he wrote "Everyday Scripture Difficulties", 1863 (pt 1), 1866 (pt2); "The Threefold Cord", 1868; "Statutes of Carlisle Cathedral", 1879; "Christian hymns and hymn writers", 1883; "The Clergy and Literature", 1891; and "The growth of Education in England, 1898" British Library web site, accessed 18 March 2015 19:21 GMT
- ↑ CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND ANTIQUARIAN AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory p 1156: London, Horace Cox, 1908
- ↑ Multiple News Items. Berrow's Worcester Journal (Worcester, England), Saturday, July 11, 1868; pg. 6; Issue 8645
- ↑ Ecclesiastical Derby Mercury (Derby, England), Wednesday, April 25, 1877; Issue 8472
- ↑ Ecclesiastical The Times (London, England), Monday, Jun 11, 1883; pg. 18; Issue 30843
- ↑ Archdeacon Prescott. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Feb 18, 1920; pg. 10; Issue 42337
- ↑ UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. The Morning Post (London, England), Thursday, March 08, 1900; pg. 3; Issue 39862
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