BISHOP BURGESS AND LAMPETER COLLEGE

D. T. W. Price

pp 93 1987 paperback

This latest volume in the St. David's Day Series charts the history of St. David's College, Lampeter from 1822 to 1987 and its founder. Thomas Burgess (1756-1837), Bishop of St. David's from 1803 to 1825, was an Englishman who took a keen interest in the ecclesiastical and literary traditions Bilingual of Wales. This book marks the 150th anniversary of his death. The author shows how the College began, training Anglican clergymen and how it has been transformed since 1960 into a university college within the University of Wales.

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