William Tucker (priest)

William Frederic Tucker (3 January 1856 – 15 October 1934) was an Anglican priest in the last decades of the 19th century and the first part of the 20th century.[1]

Tucker was born in New Cross and educated at St John's College, Cambridge.[2] He was ordained in 1881 and became the vicar of Townsville in 1887[3] and then Archdeacon of Ballarat in 1898 before becoming the Dean of Ballarat in 1921. He served on the Council of Trinity College (University of Melbourne) from 1919.

  1. ^ "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  2. ^ "Tucker, William Frederic (TKR874WF)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory, London, Hamilton & Co 1889