Albert William Parry (15 October 18741939 England and Wales Register – 18 September 1950) was a Welsh clergyman who served as the eighth DeanAlthough an ancient foundation, before 1840 the senior residentiary cleric was the Precentor, and not a Dean, due to a complication during the dissolution of the monasteries > "Eglwys Gadeiriol Tyddewi, 1181-1981 / St David's Cathedral, 1181-1981" St David's, Gwasg yr Oriel Fach, 1981 of St David'sWho was Who (1991) Who was who. A cumulated index 1897-1990, CD-ROM, London : A & C Black, between 1940 and 1949 and Editor of Y Llan and Church News, the newspaper of the Church in Wales.
He was born in Carmel, Flintshire, Wales,1911 Wales Census and educated at St David's College, Lampeter and St Michael's Theological College, Llandaff. He was Curate of St John's Church, Cardiff and then lecturer, tutor and finally professor of educationOpen Library at St Luke's College, Exeter. From 1908 until his accession to the deanery in 1940"Ecclesiastical News New Dean of St. David's" The Times Friday, 31 May 1940; p. 9; Issue 48630; col E he was principal of Trinity College, Carmarthen.Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947 During this time he was also a Chaplain to the Forces attached to the South Wales Infantry Brigade.
He died in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales.England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
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