SUMNER, JOHN BIRD, Archbishop of Canterbury, was born in 1780, and educated at Eton and Cambridge. Successively rector of Mapledurham (1818), Bishop of Chester (1828), and Primate of all England (1848), he was distinguished for his conciliatory disposition and moderate views, and wrote works on Apostolical Preaching, The Moral Attributes of the Creator, and Evidences of Christianity. He died 6th September 1862.—His brother, CHARLES RICHARD (1790-1874), was Bishop of Winchester, and his Life was published in 1876.
SUMNER, JOHN BIRD
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