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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Wirgman, Augustus Theodore (1846-1917), Anglican cleric
Parallel form(s) of name
- The Venerable Augustus Theodore Wirgman, DD
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Description area
Dates of existence
1846 - 15 October 1917
History
Matriculated in 1866 and took his degree in Classics in 1870. In 1871 he obtained a second class in the Theological Tripos.
Archdeacon of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, having taken up a post in Grahamstown in 1873; canon of Grahamstown Cathedral, 1899; royal chaplain; on active service during the Boer War. Author of many books including Storm and Sunshine in South Africa: with some Personal and Historical Reminiscences
College Magazine
Obituary: College Magazine, No. 26, December 1917