Frederick George Ackerley (1871–1954) was an
Anglican
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priest
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in the
Church of England
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, at different times the
Archdeacon
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of
Bradford
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then
Craven. He was also an acknowledged scholar of
Romany language
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and culture.
Ackerley was educated at
Rossall School
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and
Jesus College, Oxford
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and
ordained
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in 1898. He served
curacies in
Keighley
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in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second-largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford.
Keighley is north-west of Bradford, n ...
,
["The Clergy List" London, John Phillips, 1900] Eccles, and
Washington
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and
incumbencies at
Grindleton
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,
Great Mitton
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and
Carleton-in-Craven
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The village had a population of 1,118 at the 2011 Census, and contains a p ...
. Later he was
Rural Dean
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of Bolland before his years as an
Archdeacon
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.
References
1871 births
People educated at Rossall School
Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford
Archdeacons of Bradford
Archdeacons of Craven
1954 deaths
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