Reverend Augustine David Crake (1836-1890) was a British devotional writer and story-teller. He was born in Chalgrove, Oxfordshire. He received his B. A. in 1864 from London University. He was ordained deacon by Bishop Wilberforce in 1865, and was appointed second master and chaplain of the Church of England middle-class school of All Saints', Bloxham, near Banbury, a position which he retained from 1865 to 1878. From 1878 until 1879 he was a senior curate of St. Michael's, Swan-more, in the Isle of Wight, and vicar of St. Peter, Havenstreet, in the island from 1879 until 1885. He was the author of a long series of historical story books, written to illustrate the trials and triumphs of the church in Britain. His works include: Simple Prayers: For School-Boys (1867), The Bread of Life: A Manual of Instruction for the Blessed Sacrament (1869), Aemilius: A Tale of the Decian and Valerian Persecutions (1871) and Evanus: A Tale of the Days of Constantine (1872).

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