John Abraham Russell (6 November 1792 - 29 April 1865) was an Irish Anglican priest. [1]
Russell was born in Limerick [2] and educated at Trinity College, Dublin [3] where he was a close friend of the poet Charles Wolfe. [4] Russell edited Wolfe's poems and sermons, which were published with a brief biography in 1826. [5] He was Archdeacon of Clogher from 1826 [6] until his death. [7]
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 Samuel Horsley.
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