Tom Baker (priest)
Thomas George Adames "Tom" Baker (22 December 1920 – 25 September 2000) was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 20th century.
Baker was born in Southampton.[1][2][3] He was educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton and Exeter College, Oxford[4] and ordained in 1945. His first post was as a curate at All Saints, King's Heath[5] after which he was Vicar of St James' Church, Edgbaston.[6] He was then Sub-Warden of Lincoln Theological College[7] then Principal of Wells Theological College.[3] In 1971 he became Archdeacon of Bath and four years later was appointed to the deanery of Worcester Cathedral where he served until 1986.
References
- ↑ Genealogical web-site
- ↑ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
- 1 2 Harries, Richard (5 October 2000). "Very Rev Tom Baker". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ↑ Telegraph Obituary
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ↑ Photo of now redundant church
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
| Church of England titles | ||
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| Preceded by Eric Waldram Kemp |
Dean of Worcester 1975 – 1986 |
Succeeded by Robert Martin Colquhoun Jeffery |
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