Alexander Wallace (priest)
Alexander Ross Wallace (27 September 1891 – 26 August 1982)[1] was an English priest and author.[2] He was the Dean of Exeter in the Church of England from 1950 to 1960.[3]
Wallace was educated at Clifton and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He entered the Indian Civil Service in 1914[4] and when World War I came joined the 17th Cavalry. In 1922 he became a teacher at Wellington College, Berkshire. From 1925 to 1930, he was Headmaster at Cargilfield School, Edinburgh . Further headships followed at Blundell’s (1930–1933) and Sherborne (1934–1950) before his ordination in 1939. He was a Canon Residentiary at Salisbury Cathedral from 1942 to 1950[5] when he entered the Deanery.[6]
References
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ↑ Amongst others he wrote The Three Pillars, 1940; Conversation about Christianity, 1946; Christian Focus, 1956 > British Library web site accessed 16:18 GMT Tuesday 12 October 2010
- ↑ Projects Exeter
- ↑ National Archives
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947
- ↑ New Dean Of Exeter The Times Wednesday, 19 July 1950; pg. 4; Issue 51747; col D
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