William Perry

The Very Reverend William Perry , DD, MA (died 1948) was an eminent Anglican priest in the first half of the 20th Century.

He was educated atthe University of Aberdeen,he was ordained after a period of study at Edinburgh Theological College in 1894. He served curacies in Greenock and Edinburgh. He was Vice-Principal of Edinburgh Theological College from1897 to 1899. He held incumbencies in Alloa,Stirling and Selkirk; andwas Provost of St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen from 1910 to 1912. He was Principal of theCollege of the Scottish Episcopal Church from 1912 to 1929; a Lecturer in Systematic Theology at Edinburgh University from 1921 (until his death); Dean of Edinburgh and Rector of Colinton from 1929 to 1939; Rector of Buckland, Gloucestershire from 1939 to 1940; and Canon in Residence at Edinburgh Cathedral from 1940 to 1947.

A prolific author, he died on 30 April 1948.