Charles Godby

Charles John Godby (1851–1919) was the Dean of Melbourne[1] from 1914 until his death.[2]

Godby was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge[3] and ordained in 1876.[4] After a curacy in Newark he emigrated to Australia[5] and was an incumbent in Seymour and Malvern, Victoria and also became a canon of St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne in 1894.

He died in the final week of August 1919.[6]

References
  1. Mahalo
  2. Trove
  3. "Cambridge University", The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent (Sheffield, England), 29 January 1875.
  4. "Ordinations: Lincoln", The Morning Post (London, England), 15 June 1876, p. 3.
  5. Victoria Gazette
  6. Trove (ibid)


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