Henry Alford
1810–71
Clergyman and biblical scholar. Attended Trinity College, Cambridge; BA, 1832. Curate of Ampton, Suffolk, 1833; vicar of Wymeswold, Leicestershire, 1835; minister of Quebec Chapel, Portman Square, Marylebone, 1853. Elected fellow of Trinity College, and ordained priest, 1834. Appointed dean of Canterbury, 1857. Published forty-eight books, and many articles, hymns, sermons, and tracts, as well as poetry.
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ODNB.
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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