William Perry (died 1948) was an Anglican priest.[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


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