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Who was he? Bishop Perowne Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 11/4/2014
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Part of my unnumbered Who Was He? series, looking at historical/important people who have shaped the naming of our streets an buildings in Worcester. This one is all about Bishop Perowne - in fact the Bishops Perowne..... The cache is not at the above coordinates, though it is not too far away...


The school, whose sign you would see at the above coordinates, takes its name from two former Bishops of Worcester, John Perowne (Bishop of Worcester 1891–1901), and his son Arthur Perowne (Bishop of Worcester 1931–1941). John James Stewart Perowne was an English Anglican bishop. Born in Burdwan, Bengal, Perowne was a member of a notable clerical family, whose origins were Hugenot. Arthur William Thomson Perowne, his son, was also an Anglican bishop in Britain. He was the first Bishop of Bradford and, from 1931, was the Bishop of Worcester.

The cache can be found at N 52° [CxH].[{(G-F)xD}-(A+H)] W 002° [A+C+I].[{(J-G)xB}-{E+(HxH)}]

A=  The date in March 1823 that John was born. 

B=  The date in June 1867 that Arthur was born.

C= The date in November 1904 that John died. 

D= The date in April 1948 that Arthur died. 

E= The total number of years that both Perownes were Bishop of Worcester. 

F= The year that John Perowne moved to Wales. 

G= The year Arthur married Helena. 

H= The number of volumes in John's works: Commentary on the Book of Psalms. 

I=  The number of sons borne to Arthur and Helena. 

J= The year that Bishop Perowne school was established.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvqqra va gur haqretebjgu, yrnir ab fgbar haghearq...

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)