Charles John Godby (1851–1919) was the Dean of Melbourne from 1914 until his death.
Godby was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge and ordained in 1876. After a curacy in Newark he emigrated to Australia and was an incumbent in Seymour and Malvern, Victoria and also became a canon of St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne in 1894.
He died in the final week of August 1919.
References
- Mahalo
- Trove
- "Cambridge University", The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent (Sheffield, England), 29 January 1875.
- "Ordinations: Lincoln", The Morning Post (London, England), 15 June 1876, p. 3.
- Victoria Gazette
- Trove (ibid)
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| Preceded byReginald Stephen | Dean of Melbourne 1914–1919 |
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