Hook, Walter Farquhar, 1798-1875
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- nuc86-111968: His On the means of ... [MI] 1846(hdg. on NN rept.: Hook, Walter Farquhar, 1798-1875; usage: Walter Farquhar Hook)
- NUC pre-1956(LC hdg.: Hook, Walter Farquhar, 1798-1875)
- His The Catholic clergy of Ireland, their cause defended, 1836:t.p. (Rev. Walter Farquhar Hook, M.A., Vicar of Trinity Parish, Coventry, and one of His Majesty's chaplains)
- The dis-establishment of the theocracy, 1868:t.p. (Walter Farquhar Hook, D.D., F.R.S., dean of Chichester)
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Walter Farquhar Hook (13 March 1798 – 20 October 1875), known to his contemporaries as Dr Hook, was an eminent Victorian churchman. He was the Vicar of Leeds responsible for the construction of the current Leeds Minster and for many ecclesiastical and social improvements to the city in the mid-nineteenth century. His achievements, as a High Churchman and Tractarian in a non-conformist city are remarkable. Later in life, he became Dean of Chichester.
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