George Weeks (priest)
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George Edward Weeks (26 December 1868 – 25 August 1941) was an English Anglican clergyman who was the Dean of Nelson[1] from 1916 to 1923.[2]
Weeks was born in Portsmouth, the son of George Horatio Weeks. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge (B.A. 1890; M.A. 1896), Durban University (B.D. 1901) and Trinity College Dublin (LL.B. 1910; LL.D. 1911). He was ordained in 1893. His first post was a curacy at St George in the East, Stepney[3] After this he was at St James, Hatcham then a naval chaplain. He held incumbencies in Durban, South Kensington and Lowestoft before his time as Dean.[4] Afterwards he was Headmaster of Trinity Grammar School, Sydney.[5]
He married Marian Frances Sophia Simmonds in 1894. He died in 1941.[6]
