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Close, Francis, D.D.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

an Anglican divine, was born near Alton, Hampshire, in 1797. He graduated from St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1820; became curate of the Lawford Church, near Rugby; in 1822 of Wellesden and Kingsbury, Middlesex; in 1824 at Cheltenham, in 1856 dean of Carlisle, and died December 18, 1882.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Close, Francis, D.D.'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​c/close-francis-dd.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.