Stuart Babbage

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Stuart Barton Babbage (4 January 1916 – 16 November 2012), often S. Barton Babbage, was an Anglican priest. Babbage was educated at Auckland Grammar School, the University of Auckland and King's College London. He was ordained on 17 December 1939, in Essex and his first post was as a curate at Havering-atte-Bower. Then he was a chaplain in the RAF from 1942 to 1946. Returning to Australia he became Dean of Sydney from 1947 to 1953; and then Melbourne from 1953 until 1962. Babbage also served in theological education for which he was awarded the Order of Australia as a part of the 1995 Queen's Birthday honours list. He lectured at Moore Theological College while he was Dean of Sydney, and served as principal of Ridley College (Melbourne) while he was Dean of Melbourne. He moved to the United States to become one of the founders of Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary before returning once more to Australia to become master of New College at the University of New South Wales. At the same time he served as Registrar of the Australian College of Theology, from 1973-1991.

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