Robert Davies (priest)

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Robert Roland Davies (b Canterbury 15 September 1805- d Hobart 13 November 1880) was an Anglican priest in Australia.[https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/davies-robert-rowland-1962 Australian Dictionary of Biography]

Davies was educated at Trinity College, Dublin."Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)" George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p213: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 He was ordained in 1828. His first post was a curacy at Kilbrin. In 1830 he arrived in Tasmania. In 1850 he came the Archdeacon of Launceston, Tasmania and in 1854 Archdeacon of Hobart.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Diocese of Tasmania |encyclopedia=Crockfords' Clerical Directory |date=1865 |location=London |publisher=Horace Cox |url={{GBurl|BzkFAAAAYAAJ|page=782}} |page=782}}{{cite book |last=Morley |first=Henry |author-link=Henry Morley |year=1877 |title=Illustrations of English Religion |url=https://archive.org/stream/illustrationsofe00morl |location=London |publisher=Cassell & Company |access-date=28 September 2017 |page=296}}