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Frederic Wallis (1854 – 24 June 1928) was an Anglican priest.
Frederic Wallis was born in Hastings,[1] the son of Joseph Wallis, MA.[2] He was educated at St Paul's and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge[3] (whence he gained his MA Cantab). Ordained in 1876,[4] he became Dean of Caius in 1878 and a Lecturer in Divinity Lecturer at Cambridge.[5] In 1895 he was appointed to the colonial episcopate as Bishop of Wellington,[6] a post he held for 16 years before retirement in 1911. On his return to the UK, he was Archdeacon of Wilts (1911–1912), a Canon at Salisbury Cathedral (1913 onwards) and Archdeacon of Sherborne (1916–1919).[7] Having become a Doctor of Divinity (DD), he died in Bournemouth,[8] and is buried at Littlebredy.[9]
A memorial labyrinth named in honor of Wallis and his wife Margaret is located at Hutt Hospital in Wellington, New Zealand.[10]
- Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- "Wallis, Frederic (WLS872F)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
- Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1563.
- Dorset Historic Churches Trust Archived 2013-04-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Hutt Valley District Health Board. "Frederic & Margaret Wallis Labyrinth".
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