The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Archer, Rev. Canon George Frederick

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1349392The Dictionary of Australasian Biography — Archer, Rev. Canon George FrederickPhilip Mennell

Archer, Rev. Canon George Frederick, M.A., won the Tasmanian scholarship in 1867, and proceeded to Christ College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1872 and M.A. in 1884. He was ordained deacon in 1872, and priest in 1878, being curate of Christ Church, Frome Selwood, from 1874 to 1876, when he was appointed rector of All Saints', Hobart Town, and canon of the cathedral. Canon Archer is a member of the Council of Education.