Brian Hardy

The Very Reverend Brian Albert Hardy[1] (3 July 1931 – 16 November 2019) was Dean of Edinburgh from 1986 to 1991.[2]

Educated at St John's College, Oxford, he was ordained after a period of study at Westcott House Cambridge, deacon in 1957[3] and priest in 1958. He was the curate at Rugeley from 1957 to 1962 then Chaplain at Downing College, Cambridge from 1962 to 1966.[4] He was Curate in charge at Livingston from 1966 to 1974; Churches’ Planning Officer for Telford from 1974 to 1978; Chaplain to Edinburgh Theological College from 1978 to 1982; Rector of St Columba's by the Castle Edinburgh from 1982 to 1991.[5] before his time as Dean.

Notes

1. "EDinburgh Anglican" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
2. "Brian Hardy". The Scotsman. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
4. ‘HARDY, Rev. Canon Brian Albert’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2013; online edn, Dec 2013 accessed 9 Aug 2014
5. ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000” Bertie, D.M p376 : Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8

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Preceded by Ernest William Brady	Dean of Edinburgh 1986 – 1991	Succeeded by Timothy David Morris