Publisher's Synopsis
George Forrest Browne (1833-1930) was an English clergyman, the inaugural Anglican Bishop of Stepney from 1895 until 1897 when he was appointed Bishop of Bristol. Elected a fellow of St Catharine's College Cambridge, he embarked on his career with a post combining the roles of Chaplain and Lecturer there. After an Incumbency at Ashley, Cambridgeshire he rose steadily in the Church's hierarchy. From 1891 until 1895 he was Canon Residentiary at St Paul's Cathedral before elevation to the Suffragan Bishopric of the Diocese of London (from now on named Bishop of Stepney), a post he held until he attained Full Bishop Status with promotion to the See of Bristol. His works include: Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland (1865), The Venerable Bede (1879), The Ilam Crosses (1889), Lessons From Early English Church History (1893), Augustine and His Companions (1895), Off the Mill (1895), Conversion of the Heptarchy (1896), Theodore and Wilfrith (1897), History of St. Catharine's College (1902), The Recollections of a Bishop (1915) and The Ancient Cross Shafts of Bewcastle and Ruthwell (1917).
