William Moore Ede (31 August 1849 – 2 June 1935) was an

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priest in the 20th century. Moore Ede was educated at

Marlborough College Marlborough College is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Independent school (United Kingdom), independent boarding school) for pupils aged 13 to 18 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. Founded in 1843 for the sons of Church ...

and

St John's College, Cambridge St John's College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge founded by the House of Tudor, Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort. In constitutional terms, the college is a charitable corpo ...

and

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform va ...

in 1873. After an early appointment as superintendent lecturer for the Midland Counties he held incumbencies at

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and, from September 1901, Whitburn. He became Dean of

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in 1908, a post he held for 26 years. He died on 2 June 1935.

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, 3 June 1935, p. 16, Issue 47080, col C, ''Dr. W. M. Ede Former Dean of Worcester'' Moore Ede wrot
The attitude of The Church to some of the social problems of town life
in 1896, which he dedicated to Professor Alfred Marshall, professor of economics at the University of Cambridge and the husband of the economist, Cambridge social reformer and Newnham College academic

Mary Paley Marshall Mary Marshall (née Paley; 24 October 1850 – 19 March 1944) was an economist who in 1874 had been one of the first women to take the Tripos examination at Cambridge University – although, as a woman, she had been excluded from receiving ...

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* * 1849 births People educated at Marlborough College Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Deans of Worcester 1935 deaths {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub