John Alcock (23 October 1804, in Kilkenny – 15 September 1886, in Waterford) was an Irish Anglican priest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. .
He 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)" Burtchaell, George Dames/Sadleir, Thomas Ulick (Eds) p6: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 and ordained in 1829.Walking with God: A Memoir of the Venerable John Alcock, Late Archdeacon of Waterford by His Daughter Alcock, D: London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1887 He was Perpetual curate of the Bethseda Chapel, Dublin"Guinness's Brewery in the Irish Economy 1759–1876" Lynch, P; Vaizey, J. p103 Cambridge, CUP, 1960 from 1852 to 1866; and Rector of Waterford from 1866 until his death.'Miscellaneous' Manchester Times (Manchester, England), Saturday, 18 September 1886; Issue 1523. British Library Newspapers, Part I: 1800–1900
Sermons A Shock of Corn Fully Ripe: A Sermon Preached in Bethesda Chapel, on the Occasion of the Death of Arthur Guinness, Esq., by Rev. John Alcock AM, 17 June 1855. National Sins and National Calamity by Rev. John Alcock, preached in Bethesda Chapel on the day of fasting and prayer for the Crimea War, Wednesday, 21 March 1855.
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