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

1. Genealogical web-site
2. National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
3. Harries, Richard (5 October 2000). "Very Rev Tom Baker". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
4. Telegraph Obituary
5. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
6. Photo of now redundant church
7. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7