John Wakefield Willink (24 October 1858 – 22 September 1927) was an Anglican dean [1] in the first half of the 20th century. [2]
Willink was educated at Clifton College [3] and Pembroke College, Cambridge. [4] Ordained in 1881, [5] he held a curacy at Bishop Auckland before becoming Vicar of St John's, Sunderland. [6] In 1891 he moved to St Helens and then held further incumbencies at Great Yarmouth and St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham. He became Dean of Norwich [7] in 1919 and held the post [8] until his death on 22 September 1927. [9]
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Preceded by James Denton Thompson | Rector of St Martin in the Bull Ring 1912 - 1919 | Succeeded by Edward Grose-Hodge |
Preceded by Henry Charles Beeching | Dean of Norwich 1919–1927 | Succeeded by Daniel Herbert Somerset Cranage |
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