Frederick Easson

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Edward Frederick Easson[http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp135273/edward-frederick-easson NPG details] (29 July 1905 – 11 February 1988) was a Scottish Episcopal Church bishop of the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney in Scotland, serving from 1956 to 1972 and Dean of Aberdeen and Orkney from 1953 to 1956.

Biography

He was educated at Morgan Academy, the University of St Andrews and Edinburgh Theological College. He was a Maths and Science teacher at Lasswade Secondary School from 1929 to 1931; Assistant Curate of St Peter, Edinburgh[http://stpetersedinburgh.org/ Church Web Site] from 1933 to 1936; and of St Aidan, Craigmillar from 1936 to 1939; Rector of St Peter, Peterhead from 1940 to 1948;Crockford's Clerical Directory 1947/48 p387 Oxford, OUP, 1947 and of St Devenick, Bieldside”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689–2000" p. 517 Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark {{ISBN|0-567-08746-8}} until his appointment as Dean.

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Category:1905 births

Category:1988 deaths

Category:People educated at Morgan Academy

Category:Alumni of the University of St Andrews

Category:Alumni of Edinburgh Theological College

Category:Bishops of Aberdeen and Orkney

Category:Deans of Aberdeen and Orkney

Category:20th-century Scottish Episcopalian bishops

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