Herbert Bate
Herbert Newell Bate was an Anglican priest and theologian who was Dean of York between 1932 and 1941. He was a prolific writer and authored many books and articles.
Biography
Born in Brixton, Surrey, into a clerical family, the son of Rev. George Osborn Bate. He was educated at St Paul's School, London and Trinity College, Oxford, where he earned first-class honours in modern classics. He was ordained in 1896. He was a tutor of Keble College, Oxford until 1897 when he became a Fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford and Dean of Divinity. He held incumbencies at St Stephen's Hampstead and Christ Church, Lancaster Gate before eight years as a Canon at Carlisle Cathedral. He was Rector of Hadleigh, Suffolk and Dean of Bocking, Essex until his appointment to York.Neuroscientist Mike Bate is his grandson.
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