Angus McDonald Crawford (1850 - 1924)

Born 5 Jun 1850 in Cobourg, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Susan (Brown) Crawford — married 13 May 1880 in Trinity Church, Mount Holly, Burlington, New Jersey, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Sep 1924 at age 74 in Alexandria, Virginia, United States

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Biography

The Very Rev. Dr. Angus McDonald Crawford was the son of Angus Crawford and Isabella Eliza Lawrie. He attended Victoria College at Coburg and Kingston University, Kingston, Ontario. He graduated with and B.A. and M.A. from the University of Toronto. He later was a student of theology at Princeton University and the Philadelphia Divinity School. In 1880 he married Susan Brown. They had four children.

He was ordained to the priesthood of the Episcopal Church by Bishop Scarborough of New Jersey and studied Semitic language at Yale University. He received a Doctor of Divinity from Roanoke College in Virginia. He served as Rector of Trinity Parish in Mount Holly, New Jersey. In 1887 he became Professor of Semitic Languages at the Virginia Theological Seminary. In 1899 he was elected Dean of that institution, a position he held until he retired in 1920. He was Dean Emeritus of the Virginia Theological Seminary.

Sources

• Genealogical records and photographs of Virginia Laurie (Cooke) Simons.
• Obituary published in the Evening Star, Washington D.C., on 9 Sep 1924.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23850132/angus-crawford