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Craven, James Brown

Biography: Rector of St Olaf's Church, Kirkwall. Incumbent of Kirkwall 1875-1814. Archdeacon of Orkney, c1855-c1920.

From Provenance Catalogue: Curate of St Andrew's, Aberdeen, 1875-6, Craven was rector of St Olaf's, Kirkwall, from 1876 onwards. He wrote works of antiquarian interest as well as on religious themes. In 1908 he received an honorary D.D. from Aberdeen University and in 1912 he became archdeacon. He bought the Kirkwall Bibliothek in 1891 and presented it to Aberdeen University Library in 1914.
Biography Date: fl.1855-1920
Biography References: Prov. Reg. Notes; LOC; Crockford's Clerical Dictionary, 1912.

Book List

3 Items Ordered by Author, Z to A

Owner (other form of name)	Book Title	Author	Publication Place	Date
Craven, J.B.	Petri Bembi patritii Veneti, scriptoris omnium politissimi disertissimique, quaecunque vsquam prodierunt, opera... Vol. 1	Bembo, Pietro	Basel	1556
Craven, J.B.	Doctissimi et lepidissimi commentarij Ioannis Arborei Laudunensis, Doctoris Theologi Parisiensis, in omnes diui Pauli epistolas, in quibus sacrorum & scholasticorum...	Arboreus, Joannes	Paris	1553
Craven, J.B.	Doctissimi et uberrimi commentarii Ioannis Arborei Laudunensis Doctoris Theologi Parisiensis in quatuor domini Evangelistas: in quibus sacrorum doctorum sententiae discutiuntur,...	Arboreus, J.	Paris	1551