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Thomas Hill (dean of Ossory)

anglican priest

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ85809227 ↗
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Thomas Hill (1 February 1636 – 1 November 1674) was an Anglican priest in Ireland during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Hillwas educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was Dean of Ossory from 1671 until his death.

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“Thomas Hill (dean of Ossory)” enters the record as anglican priest. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Thomas, Hill and dean can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1636, 1674, 1671—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1634-01-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Thomas, Hill and dean.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q85809227. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1636, 1674 and 1671.

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This entry incorporates text from “Thomas Hill (dean of Ossory)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.