Charles Perry
1807–91
Evangelical Anglican clergyman. BA, Cambridge (Trinity College), 1828; fellow, Trinity College, 1829–40. Ordained priest, 1836; consecrated bishop, 1847; bishop of Melbourne, Australia, 1848–76. Secured independent constitutions for the Anglican churches in the colonies. Supporter of the Church Missionary Society. An advocate of clerical education known for his sermons discussing biblical criticism and scientific issues. Helped found Ridley Hall, Cambridge, in 1881.
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Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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