Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, FRS (13 December 1815 – 18 July 1881), known as Dean Stanley, was an English Anglican priest and ecclesiastical historian. He was Dean of Westminster from 1864 to 1881. His position was that of a Broad Churchman and he was the author of a number of works on Church History. He was a co-founder of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
The Very Reverend Arthur Penrhyn Stanley | |||||||||||||
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| Dean of Westminster | |||||||||||||
| Church | Church of England | ||||||||||||
| See | Royal Peculiar | ||||||||||||
| In office | 1864 to 1881 | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Richard Chenevix Trench | ||||||||||||
| Successor | George Granville Bradley | ||||||||||||
| Other post(s) | Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History (1856–1863) Rector of the University of St Andrews (1874–1877) | ||||||||||||
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| Born | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley 13 December 1815 Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England | ||||||||||||
| Died | 18 July 1881 (aged 65) London, England | ||||||||||||
| Denomination | Anglicanism | ||||||||||||
| Education | Rugby School | ||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford | ||||||||||||
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