Boyd, Archiibald, Dd

Boyd, Archiibald, D.D.

an Anglican divine, was born at Londonderry, Ireland, in 1803. After passing through the diocesan college of that city, he graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, in 1823; became curate of the cathedral at Derry in 1827; of Christ Church, Cheltenham, in 1842; canon of Gloucester cathedral in 1857, vicar of Paddington in 1859, and dean of Exeter in 1867, a position in which he died, July 11, 1883. He was the author of several works on ecclesiastical and religious topics.