Barry, Most Rev. Alfred

D.D. (Cambridge, 1865), D.C.L. (Oxford, 1870), metropolitan, primate of Australia; b. in London, 1826; was student in Trinity College, Cambridge; graduated B.A. (seventh in first cla cla ical tripos, fourth wrangler) and Smith prizeman, 1848; M. A., 1851 B.D., 1858; was elected fellow, 1848; ordained deacon, 1850; priest, 1853; became succe ively sub-warden of Trinity College, Glen almond, 1850; head master of the grammar school at Leeds, 1854; principal of Cheltenham College, 1862; principal of King's College, London, 1868; also was canon of Worcester, 1871-81; chaplain in ordinary to the Queen, 1879-83; canon of Westminster, 1881-83; honorary canon of Westminster, 1883-84. He was consecrated lord bishop of Sydney, metropolitan of New South Wales, and primate of Australia, Jan. 1, 1884. His works include five volumes of sermons, London, 1866- 81; six lectures on the Atonement of Christ, 1871 the Boyle lectures for 1876, entitled, What is Natural Theology? (1877) (German trans., Die nalurliche Theologie, Gotha, 1882), and for 1877- 78; The Manifold Witne for Christ, 1880; The Teacher's Prayer Book, being the Book of Common Prayer, ivith introductions, analyses, notes, and a commentary upon the Psalter, 1882, 2d ed. 1885; First Words in Australia, 1884. He commented upon Ephesians, Philip pians, Colo i ans, and Philemon, in vol. iii. of Bishop Ellicott's N. T. Commentary for English Readers, 1879, re-i ued in the Handy Commentary, 1883. *