Edmund Pearce
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Edmund Courtenay Pearce was the inaugural Bishop of Derby[2] from 1927[3] until his death in 1935.[4] His brother Ernest was the Bishop of Worcester from 1919 to 1930.[5]
Born on 17 December 1870 and educated at Christ's Hospital[6] and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge,[7][8] he was ordained in 1899.[9] His career began with a curacy at St James, Muswell Hill.[10] He was then Vicar of St Bene't's, Cambridge,[11] Dean then Master of his old college and finally (before his elevation to the episcopate) Vice-Chancellor of the University. He died while taking a confirmation service near Glossop.[12]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Bishop Pearce, Ernest Townsend, BBC, retrieved 14 July 2014
- ^ Harrison, Lucy. "About". derby.anglican.org. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008.
- ^ Bishop Of Derby. The Master Of Corpus Appointed. The Times Wednesday, Aug 10, 1927; pg. 10; Issue 44656; col C
- ^ The Times, Monday, Oct 14, 1935; pg. 20; Issue 47194; col A The Bishop Of Derby Administrative Gifts
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ The Times, Friday, Jan 17, 1896; pg. 6; Issue 34789; col A University Intelligence. Cambridge, Jan. 16.
- ^ "Pearce, Edmund Courtenay (PR889EC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
- ^ "St James Muswell Hill - to live as Jesus lived | to love as Jesus loved". st-james.org.uk.
- ^ "St Benet's Multi Academy Trust | St Benet's Multi Academy Trust".
- ^ "Bygone Derbyshire". Archived from the original on 27 September 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
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