Obituaries are a good source for vital stats and concise summations of a person's life and significance.
Ordinarily the first place to search for them is in a newspaper index.
However, some newspapers collect and publish their obituaries in cumulative volumes.
Priests and prelates : the Daily Telegraph clerical obituaries
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Obituaries from the Times, 1951-1960 : including an index to all obituaries and tributes appearing in the Times during the years 1951-1960
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Obituaries from the Times : including an index to all obituaries and tributes appearing in the Times during the years 1961-1970
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Obituaries from the Times, 1971-1975, including an index to all obituaries and tributes appearing in the Times during the years 1971-1975
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