Walter Harper (priest)

Walter Harper (12 January 1848 – 6 January 1930)[1] was Dean of Christchurch from 1901 until 1913.[2]

The son of a former Bishop of Christchurch, he was educated at Christ's College, Christchurch and Trinity College, Oxford; and ordained in 1873.[3] After a curacy in Bebington he was Vicar of Ellesmere then Christchurch. He was Principal of the Upper Department[4] at Christ's College, Christchurch[5] and Sub-Dean of Christchurch Cathedral from 1893 until 1900.

References
  1. Deaths The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jan 08, 1930; pg. 6; Issue 45405
  2. ‘HARPER, Very Rev. Walter’, 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 8 Nov 2014
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p 632: London, Horace Cox, 1908
  4. Project Canterbury
  5. "Blain's Directory of Anglican Clergy in the South Pacific"


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