John Abraham Russell (6 November 1792 - 29 April 1865) was an Irish

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. Russell was born in

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and educated at

Trinity College, Dublin Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Univ ...

where he was a close friend of the poet Charles Wolfe. Russell edited Wolfe's poems and sermons, which were published with a brief biography in 1826. He was

Archdeacon of Clogher The Archdeacon of Clogher is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Clogher (Church of Ireland), Anglican Diocese of Clogher. The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the diocese. The arch ...

from 1826 until his death.Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries

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(Dublin, Ireland), Friday, May 5, 1865 He married Frances Story, who outlived him by many years, and had at least three sons and one daughter Geraldine, who married Heneage Horsley Jebb a descendant of Bishop

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1792 births 1865 deaths Archdeacons of Clogher Alumni of Trinity College Dublin {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub