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David Wilson (Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin)

David Wilson (Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin)

Irish Anglican priest and hymnist

For the Scottish priest, see David Wilson (Dean of Aberdeen and Orkney).

David Frederick Ruddell Wilson (1871–1957) was an Irish[1] Anglican priest [2] and hymnist.[3] He was Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin in the Church of Ireland in the second quarter of the 20th century.[4]

Born into an ecclesiastical family,[5] he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Ordained in 1895, his first position was as a curate at St. Ann's Belfast.[6] He was Succentor and then Precentor of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin until 1914 when he became Rector of Drumcondra. He then held a similar post at Donnybrook until his elevation to the Deanery.[7]

He died on 24 November 1957.[8]

References

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    JSTOR[permanent dead link]
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    Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 052156350X, 9780521563505
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    "Oremus". Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
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    Sir Shane Leslie Papers
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    He was the son of the Rev. James Wilson, Rector of Tyholland, Monaghan > "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007, ISBN 9780199540877
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    "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
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    A New History of Ireland by Theodore William Moody, F. X. Martin, Francis John Byrne, Art Cosgrove: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0198217455
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    Who was Who (ibid)
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