John Robert Dowse ( – 20 October 1892) was

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from 1879 until his death. He was born in

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, the son of Richard Dowse. He attended

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, earning his BA in 1838 and MA in 1879. His youngest son Charles Dowse was an

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in the first half of the 20th century."DOWSE, Rt Rev. Charles Benjamin", ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 201
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Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Deans of Ferns 1810s births 1892 deaths Date of birth missing {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub