Edward Charles Wickham (1834–1910) was an English Anglican priest,

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from 1894 to 1910. Born on 7 December 1834, he was educated at

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and

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, being appointed a ''Probationary Scholar'' at 17 and eventually rose to be a

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. He was

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from 1873 to 1893 before his appointment to the

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. He died on 18 August 1910.“A Memoir of Edward Charles Wickham, Dean of Lincoln, formerly Headmaster of Wellington College.”Ragg,L: London: Arnold, 1911

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1834 births Alumni of New College, Oxford People educated at Winchester College Fellows of New College, Oxford Heads of schools in England Deans of Lincoln 1910 deaths {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub