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'''David Frederick Ruddell Wilson''' (1871–1957) was an [[Ireland|Irish]]<ref>[http://mobile.jstor.org/iPhone/BBbackend?url=http://mobile.jstor.org/iPhone/search%3fquery=iid:i30067431&ta=V.%25205,%2520N.%252017,%2520Jan.,%25201912 JSTOR]{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Anglican]] priest <ref>''Handbook of British Chronology'' By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, [[Cambridge University Press|CUP]], 1996 {{ISBN|052156350X}}, 9780521563505</ref> and hymnist.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/t/t104.html |title=Oremus |access-date=2011-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516091637/http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/t/t104.html |archive-date=2011-05-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was [[Deans of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin|Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin]] in the [[Church of Ireland]] in the second quarter of the 20th century.<ref>[http://www.library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/fl/f163%7d26.htm Sir Shane Leslie Papers]</ref>
Born into an ecclesiastical family,<ref>He was the son of the ''Rev. James Wilson'', [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of [[Tyholland|Tyholland, Monaghan]] > [[Who's Who|"Who was Who" 1897-2007]] London, [[A & C Black]], 2007, {{ISBN|9780199540877}}</ref> he was educated at [[Trinity College, Dublin]]. [[Ordained]] in 1895, his first position was as a [[curate]] at St. Ann's [[Belfast]].<ref>"The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900</ref> He was [[Succentor]] and then [[Precentor]] of [[St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin|St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin]] until 1914 when he became [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of [[Drumcondra Church|Drumcondra]]. He then held [[Vicar|a similar post]] at [[Donnybrook, Dublin|Donnybrook]] until his elevation to the [[Deanery]].<ref>''A New History of Ireland'' by [[Theodore William Moody]], [[F. X. Martin]], [[Francis John Byrne]], [[Art Cosgrove]]: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0198217455}}</ref>
He died on 24 November 1957.<ref>[[Who's Who|Who was Who (ibid)]]</ref>
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