James Swanton Waugh

James Swanton Waugh

James Swanton Waugh (22 March 1822 – 6 November 1898) Wesleyan clergyman, active in Australia.

Waugh was born in Newtownbarry, Wexford, Ireland and educated at the Royal School, Dungannon. Ordained in 1840, he volunteered to serve on the Victorian goldfields, arriving in Melbourne on 8 February 1854.

Waugh was president of Wesley College, Melbourne until 1883, Henry Howard was a student of his.

References

*Renate Howe, ' [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060393b.htm Waugh, James Swanton (1822 - 1898)] ', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 6, MUP, 1976, p. 366


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