Robert Davies (priest)


Robert Roland Davies (b Canterbury 15 September 1805- d Hobart 13 November 1880) was an Anglican priest in Australia.[1]

Davies was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[2] He was ordained in 1828. His first post was a curacy at Kilbrin. In 1830 he arrived in Tasmania. In 1850 he came the Archdeacon of Launceston, Tasmania and in 1854 Archdeacon of Hobart.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Australian Dictionary of Biography
  2. ^ "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)" George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p213: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  3. ^ "Diocese of Tasmania". Crockfords' Clerical Directory. London: Horace Cox. 1865. p. 782.
  4. ^ Morley, Henry (1877). Illustrations of English Religion. London: Cassell & Company. p. 296. Retrieved 28 September 2017.


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