Show I 1 DEAN FARRAR BUSY LIFE eventful career of english church man who D ed last week the very rev frederic william far aar D D dean of Canter canterbury biry former lg I 1 k VI N il I 1 10 f I 1 0 DEAN FARRAR chaplain to queen victoria and chaplain of the house of common died at london last week in his year dean farrar was born on aug 7 1831 and was educated at cambridge after his graduation he was assistant master at marlborough college and afterwards for sixteen years head master at harro v later he returned to marlborough as head master in 1876 he became canon of westminster abbe bej and rector of st margarets he ile was appointed arh archdeacon deacon of west minster in 1883 in 1890 he became chaplain of the hoie ho u of commons holding the position until 1895 when he was appointed lean of canterbury it is as an ai at thor that dean farrar is best known n to the i leading worl I 1 of england and the unite I 1 states ilia 1115 lite life of chiist has long been looked upon as a mo lern ous classic in addition to hi career as a theological writer he published several books of fiction his life of christ appeared in 1874 and reached its twelfth edition within as many months it has since been translated into trench german dutch russian S bedish and italian |