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. 1 2 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
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Eric Waldram Kemp
Dean of Worcester
1975 1986
Succeeded by
Robert Martin Colquhoun Jeffery


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