Born on 7 October 1837 he was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he was 14th Wrangler in 1859.

His subsequent appointments included a period as Vicar of Kenwyn,[4] the post of Principal of Truro Training College and Archdeacon of Cornwall[5] before a 15-year stint as a suffragan bishop as the inaugural Bishop of St Germans.

[6] After Cornish's death the bishopric of St Germans remained dormant for 56 years.

[7] Media related to John Rundle Cornish at Wikimedia Commons

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