James Harper (priest)

James Walker Harper was an Anglican priest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

He was born in 1859, educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and the city's university [1] and ordained in 1881.[2] After curacies at Holy Trinity Stirling and St Paul's, Edinburgh he held an incumbency at St Margaret's, Leven, Fife.[3] He was Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane from 1927[4] until his death on 23 June 1938.[5]

References
  1. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  2. Multiple News Items The Dundee Courier & Argus (Dundee, Scotland), Wednesday, 15 June 1881; Issue 8707
  3. "The Clergy List" London, Kelly’s, 1913
  4. "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
  5. The Times, Monday, 27 Jun 1938; pg. 1; Issue 48031; col A Deaths


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