Stuart Babbage

Stuart Barton Babbage AM (4 January 1916- 16 November 2012) was an Anglican priest.[1]

Babbage was educated at Auckland Grammar School, the University of New Zealand and King's College London.[2] He was ordained in 1940.[3] His first post was as a curate at Havering-atte-Bower. Then he was a chaplain in the RAF from 1942 to 1946. Returning to Australia he became Dean of Sydney, serving from 1947[4] to 1953; and then Melbourne from 1953 until 1962.

Babbage also served in theological education. He lectured at Moore Theological College while he was Dean of Sydney, and served as Principal of Ridley College while he was Dean of Melbourne. He moved to the United States to become one of the founders of Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary before returning once more to Australia to become Master of New College at the University of New South Wales.[5]

Babbage died on 16 November 2012.[6]

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Religious titles
Preceded by
Vacant
Dean of Sydney
1947–1953
Succeeded by
Eric Arthur Pitt
Preceded by
Alfred Roscoe Wilson
Dean of Melbourne
1953–1962
Succeeded by
Tom William Thomas


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