Edgar Frank Salmon,

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(1884-1979) was Dean of Ottawa from 1932 Salmon was educated at the

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. He was

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in 1908 and began his career at Elmvale, Ontario. After that he served at Cookstown and Galetta. He came to Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa in 1921 serving as a curate until 1926, and then as its

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until 1932 and then as

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until 1938. He was then the

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of Holy Trinity,

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from 1938 to 1951.Philadelphia Studies
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