T. T. Perowne Explained

Thomas Thomason Perowne (16 April 1824 – 6 May 1913) was an English Anglican cleric who was Archdeacon of Norwich from 1878 until 1910.^[1]

Perowne was born in Bardhaman, West Bengal, in British India, to missionary John Perowne and Eliza Scott.^{[2] [3]} His brothers were John Perowne and Edward Perowne. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge^[4] and ordained in 1848. After curacies at St Michael, Cambridge and Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge he was Rector of Stalbridge then Redenhall with Harleston. He was also Examining Chaplain to successive Bishops of Norwich.^[5] He wrote the commentaries on the Book of Proverbs (1899), Obadiah and Jonah (1889), Haggai (1890) and Zechariah, and Malachi (1890) in the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges.^[6]

His son was Thomas John Perowne (1886–1954), who also served as the Archdeacon of Norwich.^[7]

Notes and References

1. "The Rev. T. T. Perowne." The Times (London, England), Thursday, May 8, 1913; pg. 11; Issue 40206
2. 1881 England Census
3. Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535–1812
4. 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 Part 1 Vol V p95 Pace – Spyers John Venn: Cambridge, CUP, 1954 (2011)
5. ‘PEROWNE, Ven. Thomas Thomason’’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 22 Dec 2016
6. https://biblehub.com/commentaries/cambridge/ Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
7. "The Ven. T. J. Perowne." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Aug 26, 1954; pg. 8; Issue 53020