Arthur Salmon

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Edwin Arthur Salmon (b Clifton 20 November 1832 – d Brent Knoll 20 September 1899) was a British Church of England priest, most notably Archdeacon of Wells from March 1898 until his death.[1]

Salmon was educated at Wadham College, Oxford, matriculating in 1851 and graduating B.A. in 1855.[2] He was ordained as deacon in 1855, and priest in 1856.[3] After a curacy at Christian Malford he was Vicar of Martock until 1888 when he became Rector of Weston-Super-Mare, a post he held until his death.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Obituary The Times (London, England), Thursday, Sep 21, 1899; pg. 7; Issue 35940.
  2. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Salmon, Edwin Arthur" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1898 pp 1187/8: London, Horace Cox, 1898
  4. ^ ‘SALMON, Ven. Edwin Arthur’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 8 Oct 2017
Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Wells
1898–1899
Succeeded by