Philip Micklem


Philip Arthur Micklem was an Anglican priest in mid 20th century England and Australia.

Family

He was born on 5 April 1876 in Waltham St Lawrence in Berkshire, England, the son of Leonard Micklem of Abbot's Mead in Elstree in Hertfordshire, by his first wife, Dora Emily Weguelin. He was the half-brother of both Commander Sir Robert Micklem and Brigadier-General John Micklem DSO MC.
In 1932 he married a school teacher, Evelyn Murial Auriac in Sydney, Australia.

Education

He was educated at Harrow School and Hertford College, Oxford. He was ordained after studying at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1903.

Career

After a curacy at Shere he was a lecturer at St Augustine's College, Canterbury. From 1910 to 1917 he was a canon residentiary at St John's Cathedral, Brisbane, and principal of the Brisbane Theological College. He was rector of St James' Church, Sydney, from then until his appointment as the second pProvost of Derby Cathedral.
Micklem resigned in 1947 and died on 5 December 1965.

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