Alexander Ross Wallace (27 September 1891 – 26 August 1982)"Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 was an English priest, colonial administrator, and author.Amongst others he wrote The Three Pillars, 1940; Conversation about Christianity, 1946; Christian Focus, 1956 > British Library web site accessed 16:18 GMT Tuesday 12 October 2010 He was the Dean of Exeter in the Church of England from 1950 to 1960.Projects Exeter
Wallace was educated at Clifton and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He entered the Indian Civil Service in 1914National Archives and when World War I came joined the 17th Cavalry. In 1922 he became a schoolmaster at Wellington College, Berkshire. From 1925 to 1930, he was Headmaster at Cargilfield School, Edinburgh . Further headships followed at Blundell's (1930–1933) and Sherborne (1934–1950) before his ordination in 1939. He was a Canon Residentiary at Salisbury Cathedral from 1942 to 1950Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947 when he became Dean of Exeter Cathedral.New Dean of Exeter The Times Wednesday, 19 July 1950; p. 4; Issue 51747; col D He retired to Lyme Regis, Dorset.
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