Harold Francis Hamilton was a Canadian theologian and ecclesiastical historian of the

Church of England in Canada The Anglican Church of Canada (ACC or ACoC) is the province of the Anglican Communion in Canada. The official French-language name is ''l'Église anglicane du Canada''. In 2017, the Anglican Church counted 359,030 members on parish rolls in 2,2 ...

. He was born in

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in 1876. His father,

Charles Hamilton Charles Hamilton may refer to: People in Canada * Charles Hamilton (bishop) (1834–1919), Anglican bishop of Ottawa * Charles Edward Hamilton (1844–1919), Canadian politician * Sir Charles Hamilton, 2nd Baronet, of Marlborough House (1767–184 ...

, was a clergyman who in 1884 was elevated to the episcopate. He was educated at Trinity College School at Port Hope, Ontario, and

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. He taught for some years at the University of Bishop's College in Lennoxville, Quebec. He died on December 20th, 1919. He is best known as the author of ''The People of God'', a two-volume work much admired by Michael Ramsey (among others), and ''Discovery and Revelation'', a work of a more popular character.*

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