The Very Reverend Arthur Richard Rivers (1857–1940) was Dean of Hobart from 1920 to 1940.He was born in Teignmouth and educated at St John's College, Oxford. Ordained in 1882 he began his career with a curacy in Painswick. Emigrating to Australia he was Precentor of Sydney Cathedral and Chaplain to the Primate of Australia. Moving to Queensland he was Rector of St Michael, Brisbane and then St Andrew in the same city.