Henry Atkinson (priest)

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Henry Brune Atkinson''' (17 March 1874 – 16 June 1960) was an Anglican Priest in Australia during the Twentieth Century.<ref>[https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/atkinson-henry-brune-5080 Australian Dictionary of Biography]</ref>

== Early life and career == He was born in Tasmania and educated at Launceston Church Grammar School and the University of Tasmania.<ref>[https://sparc.utas.edu.au/index.php/henry-brune-atkinso UTAS]</ref> Ordained Deacon in 1847 and Priest in 1848, he served curacies in Deloraine and Hobart and held incumbencies at Evandale, Forth, Devonport, and Hobart.<ref>Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929 p40: Oxford, OUP, 1929</ref> He was Archdeacon of Launceston from 1928 until 1949.

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