Allan Johnson Explained

Allan Macdonald Johnson (1871 – 3 August 1934) was an Anglican priest, most notably Archdeacon of Wellington from 1919 until 1934.

Johnson was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge^[1] and ordained in 1895.^[2] After curacies in Coulsdon and Wellington he held incumbencies at Greytown and Masterton. Later he was at St Mark, Wellington then St Paul's Pro-Cathedral in the same city. He was also the Vicar general of the Diocese of Wellington from 1925 to 1929.

Johnson died in Lower Hutt on 3 August 1934.^[3]

Notes and References

1. "Alumni cantabrigienses; a biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900" Venn, J. Part II vol iii p576: Cambridge, CUP, 1947
2. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
3. News: Deaths . 1 . 4 August 1934 . Evening Post . 12 September 2020.