Francis Hassard Burkitt Explained

Francis Hassard Burkitt (1822–1894) was an Irish Anglican priest in the nineteenth century.^[1]

Burkitt was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.^[2] After curacies at Abbeyleix and Ballinasloe, he held incumbencies at Killinane and Cappoquin. He was a Prebendary of Kilmacduagh from 1862 to 1881; and Archdeacon of Clonfert from 1874 to 1882.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 360–361
2. "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 p115: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
3. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]