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He was born in 1925 in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. |
He was born in 1925 in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. |
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He served in the Royal Navy as a scientist during World War II, after which he attended Exeter College, Oxford, taking a degree in mathematics in 1946. After another period of service in the navy, he went to [[Wells Theological College]] to train for ordination into the Anglican church. |
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He was ordained in 1958 as Assistant Curate of Clewer, Berkshire and, in 1960, moved to St Anne’s, Soho. He and and his wife Mary were both appointed lecturers at the Borough Teacher Training College, where they remained until both were made redundant in 1978. He then joined the staff of the Bishop of Chichester as a Domestic Chaplain, and in 1981 was appointed Archdeacon of Chichester, serving in the post for ten years until his retirement. |
He was ordained in 1958 as Assistant Curate of Clewer, Berkshire and, in 1960, moved to St Anne’s, Soho. He and and his wife Mary were both appointed lecturers at the Borough Teacher Training College, where they remained until both were made redundant in 1978. During that time he also assisted at St Stephen’s Church in Gloucester Road, Kensington, at which T. S. Eliot prayed every morning. He then joined the staff of the Bishop of Chichester as a Domestic Chaplain, and in 1981 was appointed Archdeacon of Chichester, serving in the post for ten years until his retirement. |
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He died in 2001. He had married historian Mary Ruderman in Wolverhampton in 1950. They had three children, one of whom died young. |
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*[http://www.brianminter.co.uk/content.asp?id=25665 Church Times obituary] |
*[http://www.brianminter.co.uk/content.asp?id=25665 Church Times obituary] |
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*[http://www.sal.org.uk/obituaries/Obituary%20archive/mary-hobbs Mary Hobbs (née Ruderman) obituary] |
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Revision as of 18:44, 27 January 2012
Keith Hobbs (1925–18 June 2001) was an English clergyman and Archdeacon of Chichester
He was born in 1925 in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire.
He served in the Royal Navy as a scientist during World War II, after which he attended Exeter College, Oxford, taking a degree in mathematics in 1946. After another period of service in the navy, he went to Wells Theological College to train for ordination into the Anglican church.
He was ordained in 1958 as Assistant Curate of Clewer, Berkshire and, in 1960, moved to St Anne’s, Soho. He and and his wife Mary were both appointed lecturers at the Borough Teacher Training College, where they remained until both were made redundant in 1978. During that time he also assisted at St Stephen’s Church in Gloucester Road, Kensington, at which T. S. Eliot prayed every morning. He then joined the staff of the Bishop of Chichester as a Domestic Chaplain, and in 1981 was appointed Archdeacon of Chichester, serving in the post for ten years until his retirement.
He died in 2001. He had married historian Mary Ruderman in Wolverhampton in 1950. They had three children, one of whom died young.