Edward Emerson (priest)

Edward Robert Emerson (1838–1926) was Archdeacon of Cork from 1890 until 1926.[1]

Emerson was educated at Bandon Grammar School and Trinity College, Dublin[2] and ordained in 1861.[3] After a curacy at Fanlobbus, he was rector of St Edmunds, Cork from 1865 to 1890 and treasurer of Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral from 1899.[4]

He died on 30 November 1926.[5]

References
  1. 'EMERSON, Ven. Edward Robert', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 14 Jan 2015
  2. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. The Standard (London, England), Thursday, 19 November 1857; pg. 6; Issue 10378
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 London, Herbert Cox, 1908
  4. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE The Hampshire Advertiser (Southampton, England), Saturday, 17 June 1899; pg. 2; Issue 5532
  5. The Archdeacon of CorkThe Times (London, England), Saturday, 4 December 1926; pg. 14; Issue 44446
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