Benjamin Harrison (priest)

He took his BA in 1830 and his MA in 1833 and achieved significant distinctions in classics, theology, and Hebrew.

He was ordained deacon in 1832 and priest in 1833[1] and taught at Oxford for the next ten years, particularly specialising in Hebrew.

[2] His ecclesiastical career outside the University started in 1842 when he was made one of the Six Preachers at Canterbury Cathedral.

He was very active as a residentiary canon at Canterbury where "he proved to be an energetic and popular archdeacon.

Friendly to the clergy and regular in his attendance at cathedral services, he was actively involved in church societies and keenly participated in secular gatherings, such as those of the Canterbury cricket week or the meetings of the agricultural and archaeological societies.