Shadrach Pryce was a Welsh Anglican priestWelsh Biography On-line and educationalist"Gender stereotyping and the training of female elementary school teachers: the experience of Victorian Wales" Evans, W.G:History of Education, Volume 21, Issue 2 June 1992, pages 189 - 204 in the last part of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th.
Pryce was born in Dolgellau, Merionethshire“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 the son of Hugh Price (1793-1851), a draper, and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1863,"The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889 he began his career as a teacher at Dolgelly Grammar School after which he was Rector of Yspytty then Vicar of Llanfihangel Aberbythych. During this time he was also the Government Educational Inspector for Breconshire and Carmarthenshire (1867–1894).A History of Carmarthenshire
Later he was Archdeacon of Carmarthen (1896–1899) and Examining Chaplain to John Owen, Bishop of St Davids.The Times, Wednesday, Oct 18, 1893; pg. 11; Issue 34085; col C Ecclesiastical Intelligence Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of St Davids From 1899The Times, Wednesday, Mar 22, 1899; pg. 10; Issue 35783; col B Ecclesiastical Intelligence New Dean of St Asaph to 1910The Times, Wednesday, Mar 16, 1910; pg. 9; Issue 39221; col B Ecclesiastical Intelligence. Dean of St Asaph to resign he was Dean of St Asaph.
He died on 17 September 1914. He had married Margaret Ellen Davies and had two sons and seven daughters. His son Lewis Pryce became Archdeacon of Wrexham and his daughter Myfanwy Pryce was a published novelist.National Library of Wales His brother John Pryce was Dean of Bangor.
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