Philip Micklem

Philip Arthur Micklem (1876–1965) was an Anglican priest in mid 20th century England and Australia.

Micklem by Sam Hood (1925)

Family

He was born on 5 April 1876 in Waltham St Lawrence in Berkshire, England, the son of Leonard Micklem of Abbot's Mead in Elstree in Hertfordshire, by his first wife, Dora Emily Weguelin. He was the half-brother of both Commander Sir Robert Micklem and Brigadier-General John Micklem DSO MC.

In 1932 he married a school teacher, Evelyn Murial Auriac (1907-2010) in Sydney, Australia.[1]

Education

He was educated at Harrow School and Hertford College, Oxford. He was ordained after studying at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1903.[2]

Career

After a curacy at Shere he was a lecturer at St Augustine's College, Canterbury. From 1910 to 1917 he was a canon residentiary at St John's Cathedral, Brisbane,[1] and principal of the Brisbane Theological College.[3] He was rector of St James' Church, Sydney, from then until his appointment as the second pProvost of Derby Cathedral.[4]

Micklem resigned in 1947 and died on 5 December 1965.[5]

Works
  • Sermon at the consecration of J. O. Feetham as bishop (North Queensland) in Brisbane Cathedral, April 1911 [6]
  • Sermon at the opening of the Diocesan Synod in Brisbane Cathedral 1911; repeated verbatim at the opening of Sydney Synod in 1922 (text is in the Sydney Diocesan Year Book, either 1922 or 1923)[6]
  • Social unity and the teaching of the New Testament 15 July 1918.[7]
  • Principles of church organization: with special reference to the Church of England in Australia, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1921.[8]
  • Spiritual healing prepared on behalf of the Select Committee appointed by the Diocese of Sydney. 1921? [9]
  • Values of the Incarnation, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, New York: Macmillan, 1932.[10]
  • Australia's first bishop: a brief memoir of William Grant Broughton, Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1936.[11]
  • Sermon in St. Andrew's Cathedral, April 1937 at a University Service [6]
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References
  1. Cable, K J. "Micklem, Philip Arthur (1876–1965)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  2. "The Clergy List" London, Kelly’s, 1913
  3. Who was Who1897-1990, London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  4. "Ecclesiastical News", The Times, 5 October 1937, p. 17.
  5. "Very Rev. P. A. Micklem", The Times, 6 December 1965, p. 12.
  6. Beer, John (2009). "The contribution of the Revered Dr. Philip Arthur Micklem (1876-1965) to Anglicanism". pp. 477–488. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  7. State Library of New South Wales, catalogue reference 304/C
  8. State Library of New South Wales, catalogue reference 262/M
  9. State Library of New South Wales, catalogue reference 265.8/M
  10. State Library of New South Wales, catalogue reference 232.8/M
  11. State Library of New South Wales, catalogue reference 93/174
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Herbert Ham		 Provost of Derby
1937 – 1947		 Succeeded by
Ronald Stanhope More O'Ferrall
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