Carpenter, Right Rev. William Boyd

D.D. (hon., Cambridge, 1884), lord bishop of Ripon, Church of England; b. at Liverpool, March 26, 1841; educated at St. Catherine's College, Cambridge; graduated B.A. (senior optime), 1864; M.A., 1867;, was ordained deacon 1864, priest 1865; became curate of All Saints, Maid stone, 1864; of St. Paul, Clapham, 1866; of Holy Trinity, Lee, 1867; vicar of St. James, Hollo way, 1870; of Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, 1874; chaplain to the bishop of London, 1879; bishop of Ripon, 1884. He was select preacher at Cambridge, 1875, 1877; at Oxford, 1883-84; Hulsean lecturer at Cambridge, 1878; honorary chaplain to the Queen, 1879-83; chaplain in ordinary, 1883-84; canon of Windsor, 1882-84. He is the author of Thoughts on Prayer, London, 1871; Narci us. a Tale of Early Christian Times, 1879; The Witne of the Heart to Christ (Hulsean Lectures), 1879; District Visitor's Companion, 1881; My Bible, 1884; Truth in Tale, 1885; and the comments on Revelation in Bishop Ellicott-s New-Testament Commentary, 1879.