George Bowers (priest)
George Hull Bowers (bapt. 30 March 1794 – 27 December 1872) was an Anglican priest who was Dean of Manchester from 1847 to 1871, and founder of Marlborough College in Wiltshire.[1][2]
Born in Staffordshire,[3] he was educated at Clare College, Cambridge, and ordained in 1819.[4] He began his ecclesiastical career at Elstow in Bedfordshire, after which he was Rector of St Paul's, Covent Garden,[5] followed by a 25-year spell in Manchester.[6]
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[edit]- ^ 'New Dean of Manchester', The Times, Wednesday, Jun 23, 1847; pg. 6; Issue 19583; col A
- ^ "George Hull Bowers, Dean of Manchester: Papers". Cambridge University Library. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ Axon, W. E. A, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004) ISBN 0-19-861411-X
- ^ "Bowers, George Hull (BWRS819GH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Papers of GH Bowers Archived 2012-07-17 at archive.today
- ^ J. Brownbill;, William Farrer, W (ed), Victoria County History. A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4, 1911