Robert Gregory (priest)
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The Very Reverend Robert Gregory, DD (9 February 1819 – 2 August 1911)[1][2] was a reforming Anglican Dean[3] in the last decade of the 19th century[4] and the first one of the 20th.[5]
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Biography
Robert Gregory was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. There he distinguished himself by gaining the 'Denyer Theological Prize Essay'.[6] He was ordained in 1843 [7] and began his career with a curacies at Bisley, Wragby and Lambeth.
He was later Vicar of St Mary the Less, Lambeth[8] from 1853 to 1873. After this he was a Canon at St Paul’s Cathedral[9] before succeeding to the Deanery[10] in 1891.[11] In 1873 he was elected to the School Board for London.[12] His son later became Bishop of Mauritius.
Works
- What is the Spiritual Condition of Our Metropolis? and Who is Responsible? (1860)
- Sermons on the Poorer Classes of London (1869)
- Position of the Celebrant (1875)
- The Law and the Gospel (1877)
- The Religious Foundations of Primary Education (1877)
- Elementary Education (1905)
Notes
- ↑ “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ↑ Death Of Dr. Gregory. A Great Ecclesiastical Reformer The Times Thursday, Aug 03, 1911; pg. 8; Issue 39654; col A
- ↑ ”The Deans”, Beeson,T.R: London, SCM, 2004; ISBN 0-334-02987-2
- ↑ RA collections
- ↑ National Archives
- ↑ Church Bells Vol.5 No.208 (19 December 1874) W. Wells Gardner, Publisher, London
- ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
- ↑ British History on-line
- ↑ ‘Gregory , Robert, Dean of St Paul's(1819–1911)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Buckland,A.R rev Matthew,H. C. G. (Oxford, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004) ISBN 0-19-861411-X
- ↑ Open Library
- ↑ The Times, Friday, 23 January 1891; pg. 9; Issue 33229; col F New Dean of St Paul's
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| Preceded by | Dean of St Paul's 1891 – 1911 |
Succeeded by William Ralph Inge |
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