G. F. BrowneGeorge Forrest Browne (4 December 1833 – 1 June 1930) was an English bishop who served as the first Anglican Bishop of Stepney from 1895 until his appointment as Bishop of Bristol in 1897. Browne was born in York in 1833 and attended St Peter's Schoo in York as well as St Catharine's College in Cambridge. In 1856, he became the 30th wrangler. He received a 2nd class honours degree in theology in 1857 and was ordained in 1858. After a period of schoolmastering in Scotland, he returned to his college as a Fellow in 1863. He then held numerous positions and served as a parish priest for a period. He rose to prominence as an archaeologist, serving as Disney Professor of Archaeology at Cambridge from 1889 until 1902. Following an incumbency in Ashley, Cambridgeshire, he steadily progressed through the Church's hierarchy. From 1891 to 1895, he was Canon Residentiary at St Paul's Cathedral before being elevated to the suffragan bishopric of the Diocese of London (now titled Bishop of Stepney), a position he held until achieving diocesan bishop status and advancement to the See of Bristol. Browne left his Professorship at the age of 62 to become Bishop of Stepney in 1895 and Bishop of Bristol in 1897. He stayed in Bristol until 1914. Read More Read Less