Surname: Carpenter Forename(s): William Boyd b. 1841. d. 1918. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Parish priest, moderate liberal clergyman, poet, and Bishop of Ripon. Alternative
signatures: “Bishop of Ripon” and “W. B. Ripon.” Appointed as a royal chaplain in
1879. Became bishop of Ripon 1884. Delivered the Bampton lectures at Oxford in 1887.
Reputation as orator. Married twice, Harriet Charlotte in 1883 and Annie Maude in
1915. Author of Introduction to the Studies of the Scriptures (1902). Resigned his bishopric in 1911 and became canon and subdean of Westminster.
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