The grave of Rev Canon Augustus Robert Buckland - geograph

Rev. Augustus Robert Buckland (18 April 1857 – 8 April 1942) was a British divine and writer.

Early years

He was born at

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and educated at

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(B.A., 1881), and was ordained to the priesthood of the

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in 1881.

Marriage and family

In 1883, Buckland married Annie Smith, daughter of David Smith. The couple had one son and three daughters.

Curate and writer

Buckland was curate of

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, London, in 1880–84. In 1887 he became editor of the ''Record'' and subsequently engaged largely in journalistic work. He became morning preacher in the

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, London in 1890, and was secretary of the

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from 1902 to 1917. He was then Rector of Pulham at St. Mary Magdalene, 1917–1927, Archdeacon of Norfolk, 1920–1934, Residentiary Canon of

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, 1927–1934, and Honorary Canon of

, 1935. He visited China and Japan in 1908. He was editor of ''The Record'' from 1887 to 1908 and in 1901 succeeded William McDonald Sinclair as editor of the ''Churchman'', filling the post until 1902, when he was succeeded by Henry Wace. He wrote: ''Strayed East'' (London, 1889); ''The Patience of Two'' (1894); ''The Heroic in Missions'' (1894); ''John Horden, Missionary Bishop : a life on the shores of Hudson's Bay'' (1894); ''Women in the Mission Field'' (1895); ''The Confessional in the English Church'' (1900); ''The Missionary Speaker's Manual'' (1901, in collaboration with J. D. Mullins); Editor of ''Universal Bible Dictionary'' (1914); ''

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, The Man and his Work'' (1928); and ''George Anthony King. Knight'' (1928). In addition, he edited many works for the Religious Tract Society, notably its Devotional Commentary. He died on 8 April 1942 in a nursing home in Diss, Norfolk and was buried at Rosary Cemetery on 11 April, following a funeral service at the

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References

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1940

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Buckland, Augustus Robert 19th-century English Anglican priests 20th-century English Anglican priests Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford People from Newport, Wales 1857 births 1942 deaths Archdeacons of Norfolk