Edward Arthur Dunn (8 August 1868 – 11 January 1955) was an eminent

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in the mid-20th century.

Biography

Born into an ecclesiastical family – his father was

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, at sometime the Bishop of Quebec. On 8 August, 1868, he was educated at the

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and

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. Ordained in 1895, he was successively the

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and then the Rector of ''St Paul's

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'',

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at the Bishop's University, Lennoxville, and finally (before his elevation to the

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) the

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of Gaspe. Appointed to the post of Bishop of British Honduras in 1916, he was later elected the

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. After retiring, he continued to take an active part in the life of his adopted countryDevises world's narrowest street
until his death on 11 January, 1955.

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1868 births People educated at Marlborough College Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge Academic staff of Bishop's University Anglican bishops of Belize Anglican archbishops of the West Indies 1955 deaths British Honduras in World War II {{Belize-bio-stub