T. T. Perowne

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Thomas Thomason Perowne (16 April 1824 – 6 May 1913) was an English Anglican cleric who was Archdeacon of Norwich from 1878 until 1910."The Rev. T. T. Perowne." The Times (London, England), Thursday, May 8, 1913; pg. 11; Issue 40206

Perowne was born in Bardhaman, West Bengal, in British India, to missionary John Perowne and Eliza Scott.1881 England CensusNorfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535–1812 His brothers were John Perowne and Edward Perowne. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge,Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900 Part 1 Vol V p95 Pace – Spyers John Venn: Cambridge, CUP, 1954 (2011) {{ISBN|978-1-108-03613-9}} and ordained in 1848. After curacies at St Michael, Cambridge and Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge he was Rector of Stalbridge then Redenhall with Harleston. He was also Examining Chaplain to successive Bishops of Norwich.‘PEROWNE, Ven. Thomas Thomason’’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U241735, accessed 22 Dec 2016] He wrote the commentaries on the Book of Proverbs (1899), Obadiah and Jonah (1889), Haggai and Zechariah (1890), and Malachi (1890) in the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges.[https://biblehub.com/commentaries/cambridge/ Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges], biblehub, accessed on 18 June 2024

His son was Thomas John Perowne (1886–1954), who also served as the Archdeacon of Norwich."The Ven. T. J. Perowne." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Aug 26, 1954; pg. 8; Issue 53020

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