Henry Gee (priest) explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Very Rev'd Professor
Henry Gee
Honorific-Suffix:FSA
Office:Vice-Chancellor of the University of Durham
Term Start:1914
Term End:1916
Predecessor:Sir George Hare Philipson
Successor:Sir William Henry Hadow
Office2:Master of University College, Durham
Term Start2:1902
Term End2:1919
Predecessor2:Alfred Plummer
Successor2:The Rev'd Prof Henry Ellershaw
Office3:Dean of Gloucester
Term Start3:1918
Term End3:1938
Predecessor3:Henry Donald Maurice Spence
Successor3:Harold Costley-White
Birth Date:1858
Death Date:1938
Alma Mater:Exeter College, Oxford
Profession:Academic and Vice-Chancellor

Henry Gee, FSA (1858–1938)[1] was an Anglican dean[2] in the first half of the 20th century.[3]

He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford and ordained in 1877.[4] In 1880 he was appointed by Dr. Boultbee as junior tutor at the London College of Divinity, where he later advanced to tutor and vice-principal, until he resigned in January 1900[5] to become Principal of Bishop's College, Ripon. From May 1902 he was Master of University College, Durham[6] and in 1910 was appointed Professor of Church History at Durham University, a post he held for 8 years up to his appointment as Dean of Gloucester. He died on 23 December 1938.[7]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42601 British History On-line
  2. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kycarter/charts/meyers_gladys/gee_robert_02.htm Rootsweb
  3. [Who's Who|“Who was Who”]
  4. ”The Clergy List” London, Kelly’s, 1913
  5. Ecclesiastical intelligence. 26 January 1900 . 9 . 36049.
  6. Ecclesiastical intelligence . 13 May 1902 . 12 . 36766.
  7. The Very Rev. Henry Gee Former Dean Of Gloucester The Times Saturday, Dec 24, 1938; pg. 12; Issue 48186; col C