George Herbert JosePrint Page 
The plaque commemorates George Herbert Jose (1868 - 1956), the third Incumbent of the church and also the Dean of Adelaide.
Born at Bristol, UK, Jose was educated at Clifton College, and Worcester College, Oxford where he obtained his BA in 1903 and was awarded his MA in 1906. He left England for Australia in 1888 and after marrying Clara Ellen Sturt (d.1925) in 1890, they went together to China in 1891 where Jose worked as a lay CMS missionary until 1899. In 1900 Jose won a Davis Chinese Scholarship to Oxford University.
After ordination in England and curacies at Gloucester and Oxford he and his wife went to Adelaide in South Australia in 1903 where he took charge of St Cyprian's, Lower North Adelaide. In 1906 he was appointed as rector of Christ Church, North Adelaide where he has several altar boys under him. He was appointed a Canon of Adelaide in 1918 and Archdeacon of Adelaide in 1929. He resigned the incumbency of Christ Church in 1933 to become Dean of Adelaide until his retirement in 1953.
Jose compiled a three-volume history of The Church of England in South Australia (1937, 1954, 1955); his other writings included Annals of Christ Church (1921) and The Story of Jesus Christ (1930).
Location
| Address: | 35 Palmer Place, Christ Church, North Adelaide, 5006 |
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| State: | SA |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -34.910433 Long: 138.592896 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Religion |
| Link: | http://adb.anu.edu.au/ |
Dedication
In memory of George Herbert Jose M. A. (Oxon.)
Dean of Adelaide.
Third incumbent of this Church.
Church Missionary Society, China 1891 - 1899.
Born 1868. Died 1956.
