William Perry (priest)

The Very Reverend William Perry , DD, MA was an eminent Anglican priest in the first half of the 20th Century.[1]

He was educated at the University of Aberdeen, he was ordained after a period of study at Edinburgh Theological College in 1894.[2] He served curacies in Greenock and Edinburgh. He was Vice-Principal of Edinburgh Theological College from 1897 to 1899. He held incumbencies in Alloa, Stirling and Selkirk; and was Provost of St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen from 1910 to 1912.[3] He was Principal of the College of the Scottish Episcopal Church from 1912 to 1929; a Lecturer in Systematic Theology at Edinburgh University from 1921 (until his death); Dean of Edinburgh and Rector of Colinton from 1929 to 1939; Rector of Buckland, Gloucestershire from 1939 to 1940; and Canon in Residence at Edinburgh Cathedral from 1940 to 1947.

A prolific author,[4] he died on 30 April 1948.

Notes

  1. ↑ PERRY, Rev. William’, 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 9 Aug 2014
  2. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30 p 1009: Oxford, OUP, 1929
  3. ↑ ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000” Bertie, D.M p399 : Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
  4. ↑ Amongst others he wrote "The Scottish Liturgy: its Value and History", 1918; "Providence and Life", 1919; "Anthony Mitchell, Bishop of Aberdeen", 1920; "George Hay Forbes, a Romance in Scholarship", 1927; "The Scottish Prayer Book", 1929; "The Oxford Movement in Scotland", 1934; "Alexander Penrose Forbes, the first Tractarian Bishop", 1939; "Scottish Communicants Manual", 1939; and "Guide to the Scottish Prayer Book", 1941 > British Library website accessed 16:18 GMT 9 August 2009
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
James Myers Danson		 Provost of St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen
1910– 1912 		Succeeded by
Henry Erskine Hill
Preceded by
Harry Seymour Reid		 Dean of Edinburgh
1929 – 1939 		Succeeded by
Roderick John Mackay