George Herbert Jose (15 December 1868 – 26 November 1956) was a canon of St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide,

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, archdeacon of Mount Gambier and Dean of

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. Born at

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, UK, Jose was educated at

Clifton College ''The spirit nourishes within'' , established = 160 years ago , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent boarding and day school , religion = Christian , president = , head_label = Head of College , head ...

,"Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p96: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948 and Worcester College,

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where he obtained his BA in 1903 and was awarded his MA in 1906. He left

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for

in 1888 and after marrying Clara Ellen Sturt (d.1925) in 1890, they went together to

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in 1891 where Jose worked as a lay CMS missionary until 1899. His brother was

Arthur Wilberforce Jose Arthur Wilberforce Jose (4 September 1863 – 22 January 1934) was an English- Australian historian and editor of the Australian Encyclopaedia. Jose was born at Bristol, South West England, eldest son of William Wilberforce Jose, and his wif ...

. In 1900 Jose won a Davis Chinese Scholarship to

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. After ordination in England and curacies at

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and

he and his wife went to

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in 1903 where he took charge of St Cyprian's, Lower North Adelaide. In 1906 he was appointed as rector of

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where he has several altar boys under him. He was appointed a Canon of Adelaide in 1918 and Archdeacon of Adelaide in 1929. He resigned the incumbency of Christ Church in 1933 to become Dean of Adelaide until his retirement in 1953. During

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, Jose was Chaplain to the Australian Military Forces including Deputy Senior Chaplain 1916–18. His son Wilfred was killed in action in France but another son Ivan Bede Jose was awarded the Military Cross. He had another son, Gilbert Jose, who was killed in

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. Jose compiled a three-volume history of ''The Church of England in South Australia'' (1937, 1954, 1955); his other writings included ''Annals of Christ Church'' (1921) and ''The Story of Jesus Christ'' (1930). He died in Adelaide.

References

* *''Very Rev. G. H. Jose''

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(London, England), Wednesday, 28 November 1956; pg. 12; Issue 53700. (276 words) {{DEFAULTSORT:Jose, George Herbert 1868 births 1956 deaths People educated at Clifton College Anglican archdeacons in Australia Deans of Adelaide Archdeacons of Adelaide Clergy from South Australia