Robert Oliver (priest) explained

Robert Oliver (15 June 171015 November 1784) was Archdeacon of the East Riding[1] from 1759 until his death.[2]

He was educated at Merton College, Oxford. On his appointment as Archdeacon he commented "Silence would best become me."[3]

Notes and References

  1. "The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volume 75 p377
  2. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol4/pp16-18 British History On-line
  3. "The Oxford Handbook of the British Sermon 1689-1901"Ellison,R; Morgan-Guy,J: Tennant, R p291: Oxford;OUP; 2012

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