Robert Taylor (Provost of Cumbrae)

Robert Oswald Patrick Taylor, MA (b Howden 6 April 1873 - d Ringwood 14 December 1944)[1] was an Anglican priest and author.[2]

Taylor was educated at St John's College, Cambridge,[3] ordained in 1900[4] and served curacies at Horton, Blyth, Heaton and Edinburgh. He was Provost of Cathedral of The Isles and Collegiate Church of the Holy Spirit, Millport, Isle of Cumbrae from 1919 until 1926;[5] and Vicar of Ringwood from then until his death.

References

1. Deaths. The Times (London, England), Saturday, Dec 16, 1944; pg. 1; Issue 50018
2. Amongst others he wrote “The Athanasian Creed in the 20th Century”, 1911; “Communion and Fellowship”, 1925; “How can I pray?”, 1926;and “The Meeting of the Roads”, 1931; > British Library web site accessed 19:47 GMT Saturday 31 January 2015
3. Venn Database
4. Crockford's Clerical Directory1908 p1402: London, Horace Cox, 1908
5. ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000” Bertie, D.M p459: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8

Bibliography

1.The Universe Within Us; A Scientific View of God and Man, 1931.