Eustace Prescott
John Eustace Prescott (2 January 1832 – 17 February 1920) was an Anglican priest[1] and author in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.[2]
Prescott was born in Wakefield, educated at Peterborough Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and ordained in 1859.[3] After a curacies in Whissendine and Hawkshead he was the incumbent at St Edward King and Martyr, Cambridge[4] and then St Mary's, Carlisle.[5]
He was Archdeacon of Carlisle from 1883 until his death and Chancellor of the Diocese of Carlisle from 1900.[2]
Amongst others he wrote Everyday Scripture Difficulties, 1863 (pt 1), 1866 (pt2); The Threefold Cord, 1868; Statutes of Carlisle Cathedral, 1879; Christian hymns and hymn writers, 1883; The Clergy and Literature, 1891; and The growth of Education in England, 1898.[2]
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- ^ "High Court". The Times (London, England), Monday, 11 June 1883; pg. 18; Issue 30843
- ^ a b c "Prescott, John Eustace (PRST851JE)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory p 1156: London, Horace Cox, 1908
- ^ "Multiple News Items." Berrow's Worcester Journal (Worcester, England), Saturday, 11 July 1868; pg. 6; Issue 8645
- ^ "Ecclesiastical". Derby Mercury (Derby, England), Wednesday, 25 April 1877; Issue 8472
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