The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Dean of Adelaide
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
1803
Death:
1869
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Education:
Trinity College Dublin
The details
Biography
Introduction
Alexander Rutherford Russell (1825 – 20 May 1886) wasDean of Adelaide from 1866 until his death in 1886.
He was born in Perthshire, educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and ordained in 1851.
He was promoted from St Andrew's Church, Walkerville in March 1855 to rector of St John's Church, Adelaide in November 1859. He founded St Paul's Church, Adelaide on Pulteney Street in 1860, and succeeded James Farrell as Dean of Adelaide.
Recognition
Bishop Nutter Thomas, in delivering a eulogy "Well done, good and faithful servant"for Canon Sunter of St Paul's Church, made reference to his predecessor Russell as "poet and preacher".