Alfred Crowfoot

Alfred Henchman Crowfoot (14 September 1881 – 21 November 1962) was Dean of Quebec from 1927 to 1947.[1]

Life

Crowfoot was born in Beccles on 14 September 1881, the son of William Miller Crowfoot MB, FRCS and Catherine Anne Bayly.[2] He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[3] He was ordained after a period of study at Wells Theological College in 1905. After a curacy in Wigan he held three incumbencies in New Brunswick: at Grand Falls, Hampton and Saint John. He was Archdeacon of Saint John from 1916 to 1927.

A scholarly man, in 1947 Crowfoot wrote a guide to the Quebec cathedral, entitled The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Quebec: A Perambulation. In 1957, a biography Crowfoot wrote, entitled Benjamin Cronyn: First Bishop of Huron, was published by The Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Huron.[4]

Alfred Crowfoot died on 21 November 1962.[5]

Family

Crowfoot married Margaret Jessie Walker, the daughter of the Rev. Millidge P. Walker and his wife, Jessie Inches, on 30 June 1914.[2] Through her mother, Margaret was a member of the Smalls of Dirnanean. The couple had a son and a daughter.

Crowfoot was a first cousin to John Winter Crowfoot CBE.[6]

References

  1. ^ M. E. Resiner, Strangers and Pilgrims: A History of the Anglican Diocese of Quebec, 1793-1993 (1995, Anglican Book Centre) ISBN 1-55126-142-1
  2. ^ a b Prominent People of the Maritime Provinces. Maritime Provinces, Canada: Canadian Publicity Company. 1922. p. 46.
  3. ^ "Crowfoot, Alfred Henchman (RWT899AH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ Alfred Henchman Crowfoot (1957). Benjamin Cronyn: First Bishop of Huron. Canada: Published by The Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Huron. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  5. ^ Ottawa Journal ps dated Thursday, November 22, 1962
  6. ^ Howard, Joseph Jackson; Crisp, Frederick Arthur, eds. (1893). Visitation of England and Wales. Vol. 1. London: Privately printed. p. 26.


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