Michael Minden Hodgins (26 August 1912 – 11 May 1998) was the inaugural

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of Hackney: a post he held from 1951 to 1971. Born into a military family and educated at

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, he was

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after a period of study at

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in 1939. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford,

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,1941 After a

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at St Barnabas, Northolt Park he was

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of the London Diocesan Fund from 1946 to 1974.

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1912 births People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire Alumni of Ripon College Cuddesdon Archdeacons of Hackney 1998 deaths {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub