Thomas Charles Fry (16 April 1846 in

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– 10 February 1930 in

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) was an English Anglican clergyman,

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from 1910 to 1930.

Biography

Thomas Charles Fry was born on 16 April 1846 and educated at

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and

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. He was a career schoolmaster, teaching at

Durham School Durham School is an independent boarding and day school in the English public school tradition located in Durham, North East England and was an all-boys institution until 1985, when girls were admitted to the sixth form. The school takes pupils a ...

and

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and briefly becoming headmaster of

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. Resigning that job after illness, he held a curacy before his appointment as

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Berkhamsted School Berkhamsted School is an independent day school in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England. The present school was formed in 1997 by the amalgamation of the original Berkhamsted School, founded in 1541 by John Incent, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, ...

in 1887. He left Berkhamsted School on his appointment to the

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in 1910. He died at the Deanery on 10 February 1930.“Doctor Fry. A Study of Thomas Charles Fry. Headmaster of Berkhamsted School 1888 - 1910. Dean of Lincoln 1910–1930” Winterbottom, D:Berkhamsted: Clunbury Cottrell, 1977

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