Philip Charles Thurlow Crick (1882-1937) was the

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Bishop of Rockhampton in Australia from 1921 until 1927 and the Bishop of Ballarat until 1935.

Family

Crick was born into a clerical family on 18 November 1882, the eldest child of the Reverend Philip Crick (he took the same name as his father), the founder and first Headmaster (1883-1909) of

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. PCT Crick’s clerical relations included the Rev’d Thomas Crick (great grandfather), the Rev’d Henry William Crick (grandfather), the Rev’d Philip Crick (father), the Rev’d Frederick William Crick (uncle), and the Rev’d John Henry Crick (uncle). His only brother,

Douglas Crick Douglas Henry Crick (1885-1973) was the Anglican Bishop of Chester from 1939 until 1955. Family and education Crick was born in 1885, the third child and second son of the Reverend Philip Crick, the founder and first Headmaster (1883-1909) of St ...

, was also ordained, and eventually became the

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Education

He was educated at St Ronan’s, his father’s own school, which was then located at

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in Sussex. Aged 12 he won scholarships to both

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and

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, taking up the latter place. Later he won a scholarship to

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, where he took the top rank in the 1904 Cambridge Classical Tripos. At 6 feet 3 inches, he was a good footballer and tennis player.

Career

His first ministry position was as a

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after which he was appointed

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and then

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. He became an

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with the Territorial Force in 1913, was in France on active service from 1915 to 1919, and ended the Great War as Deputy Assistant Chaplain-General to VI Corps. From 1917, he had special responsibility for the Tank chaplains. In 1921 Crick became one of the earliest First World War chaplains to be appointed to a bishopric, in the Diocese of Rockhampton in Australia. During his time as bishop he founded St Peter's Boys School in Barcaldine, and St Faith's Girls School in

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. While in England in 1935, senior staff in his diocese of Ballarat wrote to the Archbishop of Canterbury requesting Crick’s removal from his post. Archbishop Lang sympathised with Crick but, for practical reasons, they decided that Crick should resign, and Lang arranged for Crick's appointment as Assistant Bishop of Derby. However, Crick died suddenly in 1937, and is buried at St Mary's,

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, West Sussex.

Private life

Crick was a

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under the jurisdiction of the

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. It is an interest he shared with his brother and fellow-bishop Douglas Crick.

External links

Philip Crick's portrait
at the National Portrait Gallery, London.

References

1882 births People educated at Winchester College Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge Fellows of Clare College, Cambridge Anglican bishops of Rockhampton Anglican bishops of Ballarat 20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia 1937 deaths Australian military chaplains World War I chaplains {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub