British priest
Shadrach Pryce was a Welsh Anglican priest [ 1] and educationalist [ 2] in the last part of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th.
Pryce was born in Dolgellau , Merionethshire[ 3] the son of Hugh Price (1793-1851), a draper, and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge .[ 4] Ordained in 1863,[ 5] he began his career as a teacher at Dolgelly Grammar School after which he was Rector of Yspytty then Vicar of Llanfihangel Aberbythych . During this time he was also the Government Educational Inspector for Breconshire and Carmarthenshire (1867–1894).[ 6]
Later he was Archdeacon of Carmarthen (1896–1899) and Examining Chaplain to John Owen , Bishop of St David’s .[ 7] From 1899[ 8] to 1910[ 9] he was Dean of St Asaph .
He died on 17 September 1914. He had married Margaret Ellen Davies and had two sons and seven daughters.[ 10] His son Lewis became Archdeacon of Wrexham and his daughter Myfanwy Pryce was a published novelist.[ 11] His brother was Dean of Bangor .
^ Welsh Biography On-line
^ "Gender stereotyping and the training of female elementary school teachers: the experience of Victorian Wales" Evans,W.G:History of Education, Volume 21, Issue 2 June 1992 , pages 189 - 204
^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black , 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
^ "Price (or Pryce), Shadrach (PRY854S)" . A Cambridge Alumni Database . University of Cambridge.
^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
^ A History of Carmarthenshire
^ The Times , Wednesday, Oct 18, 1893; pg. 11; Issue 34085; col C Ecclesiastical Intelligence Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of St Davids
^ The Times , Wednesday, Mar 22, 1899; pg. 10; Issue 35783; col B Ecclesiastical Intelligence New Dean of St Asaph
^ The Times , Wednesday, Mar 16, 1910; pg. 9; Issue 39221; col B Ecclesiastical Intelligence. Dean of St Asaph to resign
^ "Pryce, Shadrach, and Pryce, Lewis, papers" . National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2012 .
^ National Library of Wales