George Aickin
Anglican dean
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George Ellis Aickin (1869 – 4 August 1937) was a British Anglican[1] priest[2] in Australia and Dean of Melbourne from 1927 to 1932.[3]
Aickin was born in Liverpool in 1869, educated at Liverpool College and St John’s College, Cambridge,[4] and ordained in 1895.[5] He received an MA from St John's College, Cambridge, in February 1902.[6] After curacies in Wargrave, Ravenhead and Darwen he became the Chaplain at St Aidan’s College, Birkenhead.[7] After an incumbency at Upton he emigrated to Australia. He was Principal of Ridley College, Melbourne, from 1910 to 1918; Archdeacon of Bendigo from 1918 to 1919; Archdeacon of Dandenong from 1919 to 1932; and Dean of Melbourne from 1927 to 1932.
He died on 4 August 1937.[8]
