George Fred Scovil,
D.D.
A Doctor of Divinity (D.D. or DDiv; la, Doctor Divinitatis) is the holder of an advanced academic degree in divinity.
In the United Kingdom, it is considered an advanced doctoral degree. At the University of Oxford, doctors of divinity are ra ...
was a Canadian Anglican priest in the 20th Century.
Rigby was educated at the
University of King's College and ordained in 1897. After a
curacy at
Prince William, New Brunswick
Prince William is a settlement in York County, New Brunswick.
History
Notable people
See also
*List of communities in New Brunswick
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he was at
Saint John, New Brunswick from 1900 to 1918. on the
Prince Albert Peninsula
Prince Albert Peninsula is located on northwest Victoria Island in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is separated from Banks Island by the Prince of Wales Strait. Two large waterways, Richard Collinson Inlet and Minto Inlet are to the north a ...
. He was
Rector
Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to:
Style or title
*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
*Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...
of
Guelph from 1918 to 1925 and
Archdeacon
An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that o ...
of
Wellington, ON from 1925 to 1944.
["Guelph and Wellington County : a bibliography of settlement and development since 1800" Bloomfield, E; Stelter, G.A. Guelph Regional Project University of Guelph, 1988]
References
University of King's College alumni
Archdeacons of Wellington, ON
20th-century Canadian Anglican priests
19th-century Canadian Anglican priests
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