Charles Augustus Hulbert (31 December 1804–March 1888) was an English clergyman.

Life

The eldest son of Charles Hulbert, he was born at

Coleham Coleham is a district of the town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England. It is located just south, over the River Severn, from Shrewsbury town centre. History Coleham grew up as a village outside medieval Shrewsbury, with the nearest crossing o ...

, near

Shrewsbury Shrewsbury ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire (district), Shropshire, England. It is sited on the River Severn, northwest of Wolverhampton, west of Telford, southeast of Wrexham and north of Hereford. At the 2021 United ...

, on 31 December 1804; and was educated at

Shrewsbury School Shrewsbury School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school in Shrewsbury. Founded in 1552 by Edward VI by royal charter, to replace the town's Saxon collegiate foundations which were disestablished in the sixteenth century, Shrewsb ...

and

Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Sidney Sussex College (historically known as "Sussex College" and today referred to informally as "Sidney") is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England. The College was founded in 1 ...

. He graduated B.A. in 1834, and M.A. in 1837. He was curate of St. Mary's, Islington, 1834 to 1839, then perpetual curate of

Slaithwaite Slaithwaite ( , ; Old Norse for "timber-fell thwaite/clearing") is a town in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is in the Colne Valley and on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, ...

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, 1839 to 1867, and vicar of

Almondbury Almondbury () is a village south-east of Huddersfield town centre in the Kirklees district, of West Yorkshire, England. The population of Almondbury in 2001 was 7,368 increasing to 18,346 at the census. The village is close to Castle Hill, ...

, near

Huddersfield Huddersfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confl ...

, from 1867 to 1888. He was mainly instrumental in the restoration of Almondbury Church. In 1866 he was collated honorary canon of

Ripon Cathedral The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid, commonly known as Ripon Cathedral, and until 1836 known as Ripon Minster, is a cathedral in Ripon, North Yorkshire, England. Founded as a monastery by monks of the Irish tradition in the 660s, ...

. He died in March 1888 aged 83.

Works

Among other works he published: * ''Poetical Recreations,'' Shrewsbury, 1828. * ''Theotokos, or the Song of the Virgin,'' 1842. * ''The Gospel revealed to Job'', 1853. * ''Annals of the Church in

,'' 1864. * ''Extracts from the Diary of the Rev. Robert Meeke,'' 1875. * ''Annals of the Church and Parish of

, Yorkshire,'' 1882. * ''Supplementary Annals,'' 1885.

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;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Hulbert, Charles Augustus 1804 births 1888 deaths 19th-century English Anglican priests Writers from Shrewsbury Clergy from Shrewsbury People educated at Shrewsbury School