Edward Burroughs

Who was Edward Burroughs?

The Rt Rev Edward Arthur Burroughs was an eminent Anglican priest in the first half of the 20th century.

Born into an ecclesiastical family on 1 October 1882 and educated at Harrow and Balliol, he was ordained in 1908. He was Fellow, Lecturer and Tutor at Hertford College, Oxford and an Honorary Chaplain to the King before being appointed Dean of Bristol in 1922. Four year later he was elevated to the Episcopate as Bishop of Ripon. An eminent author, he died on 23 August 1934.