James Arthur Harley

James Arthur Harley (15 May 1873 – 12 May 1943) was an Antiguan-born clergyman and local politician. After extensive education in the United States and England, he became a curate and priest in the Church of England. In later life he was a member of Shepshed Urban Council, from 1927 to 1930 as a Labour Party member, and from 1932 until 1943 as an Independent.[1]

Harley studied Law and Classics at Howard University in Washington, D.C. and studied for a year at Yale University before moving to Harvard University to study Semitic Languages. He later matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford to study Theology and Anthropology. In 1911 he became an ordained Anglican priest. Harley served in munitions during the First World War and returned to his curacy in Shepshed after the war ended.[2]

References

  1. ^ Pamela Roberts (2 October 2015). "The story of a pioneering priest". Church Times. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  2. ^ Roberts, Pamela. "Black Scholars at Jesus: Norman Manley and James Harley" (PDF). The Jesus College Record 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
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