J. A. Dunbar-Dunbar

The Rev. John Archibald Dunbar-Dunbar (8 October 1849 – 11 November 1905 ) was a British philatelist who was one of the "Fathers of Philately" entered on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1921. He was an expert in the stamps of Australia.

Early life Dunbar-Dunbar was born on 8 October 1849 at Seapark, Forres, Morayshire, Scotland, the son of Edward Dunbar-Dunbar, a captain in the 21st Fusiliers, and by 1875 he was Assistant Curate at St. Salvador's Church, Dundee where he was subsequently ordained as a priest in 1876. In April 1878 he became the curate at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Lochee, Dundee.

Death The Reverend died in 1905 and left estate valued at £151,192. His stamps were left to the Museum of Science and Art in Edinburgh.