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Anglican priest

The Venerable William Arthur Baker was an eminent Anglican priest in the 20th century.

Baker was born in 1870, educated at Christ's College, Cambridge, and ordained in 1895. He was Assistant Chaplain at King William's College in the Isle of Man and then Curate of St Mary, Ely. After this he held incumbencies at Hapton, Bourn and Handsworth. He was Archdeacon of Sheffield from 1938 to 1943. He died on 14 December 1950.

References

  1. "Baker, William Arthur (BKR888WA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory Oxford, OUP, 1948
  3. Church web site
  4. The Ven. W. A. Baker The Times Wednesday, 20 December 1950; p. 8; Issue 51879; col D
Church of England titles
Preceded byAlfred Charles Eustace Jarvis Archdeacon of Sheffield
1934–1938
Succeeded byDouglas Ernest William Harrison
Archdeacons of Sheffield and of Sheffield and Rotherham
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Diocese of Sheffield
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