Alan Avery Allen Horsley is a retired

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and author in the 20th century. He was born on 13 May 1936, educated at

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, Durham and

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and

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in 1961. His first posts were curacies in

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and

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. He then held incumbencies at Yeadon, Heyford and Stowe,

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and

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. He was Provost of St Andrew's Cathedral, Inverness from 1988 to 1991"Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark and finally

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until his retirement in 2001.

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1936 births Alumni of St Chad's College, Durham Alumni of the Queen's Foundation Provosts of Inverness Cathedral Living people {{UK-Anglican-clergy-stub