John Prediger Farler (1845-1907) was an Anglican priest, most notably Archdeacon of Magila[1] from 1879[2] until 1889.[3]

Life story

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Farler was baptised at St Mary Redcliffe on 17 June 1845,[4] and educated at St John's College, Cambridge.[5] He was ordained in 1874.[6] After a curacy in Lambourn he was Chaplain to Edward Steere, the Bishop of Nyasaland[7] from 1875 to 1882.[8] On his return to England he was the incumbent at St Giles, Reading before returning to Nyasaland in 1895. He died there on 30 May 1907.[9]

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Bibliography

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  • "The Work of Christ in Central Africa," London, Rivingtons, 1878.[10]

References

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  1. ^ 'Multiple News Items' The Morning Post (London, England), Thursday, 25 December 1879; pg. 6; Issue 33540
  2. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1885 p402: London, Horace Cox, 1885
  3. ^ Yorkshire Herald (York, England), Saturday, 2 June 1894; pg. 6; Issue 13414
  4. ^ Family Search
  5. ^ "Farler, John Prediger (FRLR866JP)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  6. ^ 'University and City Intelligence' "Jackson's Oxford Journal" (Oxford, England), Saturday, September 26, 1874; Issue 6339
  7. ^ C. A. Harris, ‘Steere, Edward (1828–1882)’, rev. Andrew Porter, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2012 [1], accessed 17 Oct 2017
  8. ^ "The African Worker and the Universities’ Mission to Central Africa in Zanzibar, 1864-1900 Liebst, M p24:London, King's College (Journal of East Asian Studies), 2014 ISSN 1598-2408
  9. ^ Deaths The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Apr 21, 1908; pg. 14; Issue 38626
  10. ^ British Library web site accessed 17:28 GMT Tuesday 17 October 2017