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John Sheepshanks (23 February 1834 – 3 June 1912) was an English Anglican Bishop in the last decade of the 19th century and the first one of the 20th.
Born on 23 February 1834 in Belgravia, London to Thomas Sheepshanks (1796-1875), rector of St John's, Coventry and his wife, Katherine (née Smith 1804 or 1805-1869). Sheepshanks was educated at Coventry Grammar School, then at Christ's College, Cambridge.
Ordained in 1857, he was a Curate at Leeds Parish Church and later Rector of New Westminster and Chaplain to George Hills, the Bishop of Columbia and Royal Engineers, Columbia Detachment. After that he held incumbencies in Bilton, Yorkshire and Anfield, Liverpool before his elevation to the Episcopate as Bishop of Norwich in 1893, a post he held until 1909. A noted author, he died on 3 June 1912. During his time in Liverpool, he founded St Margaret's School, which is now based in Aigburth and known as St Margaret's Church of England Academy.