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Farrar, Frederic William, 1831-1903We have 2 books for this author.
 Frederic William Farrar (1831 - 1903), often known as Dean Farrar, was a theological writer, born in Bombay, and educated at King William's College in the Isle of Man, London University and University of Cambridge, was for some years a master at Harrow, and from 1871-76 Master (headmaster) of Marlborough College. He became successively Canon of Westminster and Rector of St. Margaret's, Archdeacon of Westminster and Dean of Canterbury. He was an eloquent preacher and a voluminous author, his writings including stories of school life, such as Eric, or, little by little and St. Winifred's, a Life of Christ, which had great popularity, a Life of St. Paul, and two historical romances. Farrar has a street named after him - Dean Farrar Street in Westminster, London. In 2007 the top two storeys of a building on this street collapsed, in the 2007 Dean Farrar Street collapse. External links
This article incorporates public domain text from: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London, J.M. Dent & sons; New York, E.P. Dutton.
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