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John Dowse (priest)

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John Robert Dowse (c. 1815 – 20 October 1892)[1] was Dean of Ferns[2] from 1879[3] until his death.[4]

He was born in Wexford, the son of Richard Dowse. He attended Trinity College Dublin, earning his BA in 1838 and MA in 1879.[5]

His youngest son Charles Dowse was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century.[6]

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  1. ^ "Dowse, Very Rev. William" . Thom's Irish Who's Who . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. 67  – via Wikisource.
  2. ^ BELFAST: THURSDAY, 27 October 1892 Belfast Newsletter (Belfast, Ireland), Thursday, 27 October 1892; Issue 24124
  3. ^ Ecclesiastical Appointments The Times (London, England), Thursday, 10 April 1879; p. 11; Issue 29538
  4. ^ IGP
  5. ^ Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593-1860). Trinity College Dublin. p. 242. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  6. ^ "DOWSE, Rt Rev. Charles Benjamin", Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 1 September 2014
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by Dean of Ferns
1892–1892
Succeeded by