Tom Baker (priest) explained

Thomas George Adames Baker (called Tom; 22 December 192025 September 2000) was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 20th century. He served as Dean of Worcester from 1975 to 1986.

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.

Notes and References

1. http://boards.ancestry.com/topics.obits/102347/mb.ashx?pnt=1 Genealogical web-site
2. http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk:8080/Archives/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqSearch=RefNo=='AA/AP/Fisher/1-271/213-234/214/140-5'&dsqCmd=Show.tcl National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
3. Web site: Harries. Richard. Very Rev Tom Baker. The Guardian. 23 November 2012. London. 5 October 2000.
4. Web site: The Very Reverend Tom Baker . . https://web.archive.org/web/20210126051526/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1369067/The-Very-Reverend-Tom-Baker.html . 2021-01-26 . live .
5. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976
6. http://www.dlgarchitects.com/upload/pdf/QhzyzWtayWSxWz9iiwpVdn1cBKY2MVtEOM941vWe.pdf Photo of now redundant church
7. [Who's Who|“Who was Who” 1897-2007]