Arthur Penrhyn Stanley | |
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| Dean of Westminster | |
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| Church | Church of England |
| See | Royal Peculiar |
| In office | 1864 to 1881 |
| Predecessor | Richard Chenevix Trench |
| Successor | George Granville Bradley |
| Other post(s) | Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History (1856–1863) Rector of the University of St Andrews (1874–1877) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley 13 December 1815 Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England |
| Died | 18 July 1881 (aged 65) London, England |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Education | Rugby School |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
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Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, FRS (13 December 1815 – 18 July 1881), known as Dean Stanley, was an English Anglican priest and ecclesiastical historian. He was Dean of Westminster from 1864 to 1881. His position was that of a Broad Churchman and he was the author of a number of works on Church History. He was a co-founder of the Palestine Exploration Fund.