Thomas Crick
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Thomas Crick CB CBE MVO[1] (1885 – 13 November 1970) was an Anglican priest in the middle part of the 20th century.
Life
He was born in 1885 and educated at St Edmund's School, Canterbury and Brasenose College, Oxford.[2] Ordained in 1909 he began his career with a curacy at Wigan after which he was a Chaplain with the Royal Navy and rose through the service to become Chaplain of the Fleet.[3] An Honorary Chaplain to the King, in 1943 he was appointed Dean of Rochester,[4] a post he held for fifteen years. He died on 13 November 1970. He is now the name of a school house at Kings School Rochester, in Kent. This is called Crick house.[5]
References
- ↑ NPG details
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ↑ With the title of Archdeacon of the Royal Navy
- ↑ Ecclesiastical News New Dean Of Rochester The TimesThursday, 19 Aug 1943; pg. 7; Issue 49628; col B
- ↑ The Times, Monday, 16 Nov 1970; pg. 10; Issue 58024; col F Obituary Very Rev T. Crick
Church of England titles | ||
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Preceded by | Chaplain of the Fleet 1938–1943 |
Succeeded by John Kenneth Wilson |
Preceded by | Dean of Rochester 1943–1958 |
Succeeded by Robert William Stannard |
Categories:
- Use dmy dates from April 2012
- 1885 births
- 1970 deaths
- People educated at St Edmund's School, Canterbury
- Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford
- Chaplains of the Fleet
- Honorary Chaplains to the Queen
- Deans of Rochester
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- Members of the Royal Victorian Order
- World War II chaplains