Rev. Canon William Emery (2 February 1825 – 14 December 1910) was an

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in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, ''Who was Who 1897–2007''. London,

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, 2007 who has been labelled the 'father' of

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Life

William Emery was born in London to William Emery of Hungerford Market, a feltmaker, and Mary Anne Thompson. He was educated at the

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, where he was the first boy to enter the new school in 1837 and became the first ''

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'' scholar at

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. Admitted to

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in 1843, he graduated BA as 5th Wrangler in 1847. He was

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in 1849 and was

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and

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of his old college until 1865. In his efforts of the 1850s to revive

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, Emery had an ally in the lay activist and banker

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. From 1864 until 1907 he was

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, marrying Fanny Maria, daughter of Sir

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in 1865. Emery had been present at the first meeting of the

in 1861, where he spoke on free church seats, diocesan associations for increasing benefices for the endowment of poor benefices, and church rates. In 1869 he was appointed permanent Secretary of the Congress, and by 1907 had been present at every one of the first 47 Congresses. He died in 1910, at

.'Canon Emery. (Obituaries)', ''

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'', Thursday, Dec 15, 1910; pg. 11; Issue 39456; col C

Works

* ''Church organization and efficient ministry : the primary charge'', 1866 * ''New burial act and church legislation : warnings and encouragements: a charge'', 1880 * ''Free Education Act, 1891 : full text of the act, with a popular explanation of its bearings upon our voluntary schools'', 1891

Notes

1825 births Anglican clergy from London People educated at the City of London School Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Archdeacons of Ely 1910 deaths {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub