Josiah Pearson

Josiah Brown Pearson (1841–1895) was the Anglican Bishop of Newcastle in New South Wales^[1] from 1880 until 1890.^[2]

Born in 1841,^[3] he was educated at Chesterfield Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge.^[4][5] Ordained in 1865 he held curacies in Cambridge before holding incumbencies at Horningsea and Newark. In 1880 he became Bishop of Newcastle (Australia),^[6] a post he held for a decade. Returning to England he became Vicar of Leck, Lancashire.^[7] He died in 1895.^[8]

References

1. Bishops of Newcastle, NSW
2. University of Newcastle, NSW
3. ADB on-line
4. "Pearson, Josiah Brown (PR860JB)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
5. Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
6. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
7. British History On Line
8. Obituary For 1895 The Times Wednesday, Jan 01, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34775; col A

Further reading

• Mennell, Philip (1892). " Pearson, Right Rev. Josiah Brown". The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co. Wikisource