John Purchas
Deceased Person
1823 – 1872
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Who was John Purchas?
John Purchas, was an author and a priest of Church of England who was prosecuted for ritualist practices. He received his education at Bury St Edmunds, Rugby School and Christ's College, Cambridge. He was curate of Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, 1851–53, of Orwell in the same county, 1856–59, and of St. Paul's, Brighton, 1861–66; and perpetual curate of St. James' Chapel, Brighton, after 1866.
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- Born
- Jul 14, 1823
Cambridge - Religion
- Anglicanism
- Education
- Christ's College, Cambridge
- Rugby School
- Died
- 1872
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on July 23, 2013
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