About John Pryce
Lived 1828 – 1903 (aged 74–75). John Pryce was a historian.
John Pryce (1828 – 15 August 1903) was a Welsh clergyman and writer on church history, who became Dean of Bangor Cathedral.
Life Pryce was the second son of Hugh Price (all three sons chose to spell the surname "Pryce"), of Doldyhewydd, Merionethshire. He was educated at Dolgellau grammar school before matriculating at Jesus College, Oxford in 1847. He obtained his B.A. degree in 1851, was ordained deacon in 1851, and priest in 1852. After his ordination, he was curate of Dolgellau and master of the grammar school from 1851 to 1856 – his elder brother Hugh and his younger brother Shadrach held both these positions at various times. John Pryce was then perpetual curate of Glanogwen (1856 to 1864), vicar of Bangor, Gwynedd (1864 to 1880) and rector of Trefdraeth, Anglesey (1880 to 1902). He was appointed a canon of Bangor Cathedral in 1884 and archdeacon in 1887, before being appointed Dean of Bangor Cathedral in February 1902, succeeding Evan Lewis. (His brother Shadrach Pryce was Dean of the cathedral of the neighbouring diocese, St Asaph from 1899 to 1910.)
He died on 15 August 1903.
Family Pryce was married to the youngest daughter of Canon Rowland Williams.
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Who was John Pryce?
British historian and cleric. Dean of Bangor
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John Pryce was born in 1828.
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John Pryce died on 15 August 1903.
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John Pryce was a historian.
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