J. A. Dunbar-Dunbar

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The Rev. John Archibald Dunbar-Dunbar (8 October 1849[1] – 11 November 1905[2]) was a British philatelist who was one of the "Fathers of Philately" entered on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1921. He was an expert in the stamps of Australia.

Dunbar-Dunbar was born on 8 October 1849 at Seapark, Forres, Morayshire, Scotland, the son of Edward Dunbar-Dunbar, a captain in the 21st Fusiliers,[1] and Phoebe Dunbar (died 1899 leaving £109,808). He received his university education at Oxford, graduating with a B.A. degree in 1873.

Clerical career

On 5 November 1875 at Warwick he married Louisa Cambray[3] and by 1875 he was Assistant Curate at St. Salvador's Church, Dundee where he was subsequently ordained as a priest in 1876.[4] In April 1878 he became the curate at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Lochee, Dundee.[5]

Death

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