Richard Joshua Thorpe (born 13 May 1838 Hoghton; died 23 October 1920 Christchurch)Blain's Clergy in the Diocese of Dunedin, 1852–1919 was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 19th century and the first two decades of the 20th.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p 1185: London, Horace Cox, 1908
Thorpe was educated at Trinity College, Dublin"Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir Supplement p118: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 and ordained in 1862. He served three curacies: at St John, Dublin (1861–1864); St Andrew the Less, Cambridge (1864UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE The Morning Post (London, England), Friday, 8 April 1864; pg. 6; Issue 28178. British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800–1900-1866) and St John, Langley, Essex (1866–1867).He was at All Saints, Nelson from 1867 to 1878, where he was also archdeacon of WaimeaCanterbury Museum and dean of New Zealand. He was then the incumbent of St Paul, Wellington.Hive
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