Daniel Corrie, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Daniel Corrie

Bishop of Madras; English Anglican bishop

Date of Birth: 10-Apr-1777

Place of Birth: Ardchattan and Muckairn, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 05-Feb-1837

Profession: priest

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Daniel Corrie (10 April 1777 – 5 February 1837) was an English Anglican priest and bishop, the inaugural Bishop of Madras.Corrie was born at Ardchattan, Argyll, Great Britain, the second son of John Corrie, a vicar in Lincolnshire.
He was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, ordained a deacon of the Diocese of Lincoln on 13 June 1802 and ordained a priest on 10 June 1804.
He became Archdeacon of Calcutta in 1823.
He was consecrated bishop in 1835 and died on 5 February 1837.
The Times later reported that he had been taken ill at an SPG meeting on 31 January 1837.