Edward Sampson (priest)

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Edward Sampson was an Anglican priest in Ireland in the 18th century. [1]

Sampson was born in Cork and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. [2] He was Archdeacon of Aghadoe from 1728 to 1736. [3]

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References

  1. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   0-521-56350-X.
  2. Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)" Burtchaell, George Dames/Sadleir, Thomas Ulick (Eds) p730: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  3. ”Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland Vol I” Cotton, H pp453: Dublin, Hodges,1848