George Aickin


George Ellis Aickin was a British Anglican priest in Australia, where he ended his career as Dean of Melbourne 1927–1932.

Biography

Aickin was born in Liverpool in 1869, educated at Liverpool College and St John’s College, Cambridge and ordained in 1895. He received an MA from St John's College, Cambridge in February 1902. After curacies in Wargrave, Ravenhead and Darwen he became the Chaplain at St Aidan’s College, Birkenhead. After an incumbency at Upton he emigrated to Australia. He was Principal of Ridley College, Melbourne from 1910 to 1918; Archdeacon of Bendigo from 1918 to 1919; Archdeacon of Dandenong from 1919 to 1932; and Dean of Melbourne from 1927 to 1932.
He died on 4 August 1937.