Harrington Lees
Harrington Lees | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Melbourne | |
Lees, c. 1920s | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Melbourne |
| In office | 1921 – 1929 (d.) |
| Predecessor | Lowther Clarke |
| Successor | Frederick Head |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1893 (deacon); 1894 (priest) by William Stubbs (Oxford) |
| Consecration | 1921 by Randall Davidson (Canterbury) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Harrington Clare Lees 17 March 1870 |
| Died | 10 January 1929 (aged 58) |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
Harrington Clare Lees (17 March 1870 – 10 January 1929) was the Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne from 1921 until his death.[1]
Lees was born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, United Kingdom, the eldest son of William Lees, a cotton farmer and Justice of the Peace.[2]
Publications
Lees' published works include:
- St Paul's Epistles to Thessalonica (1905)
- The Work of Witness and the Promise of Power (1908)
- The Joy of Bible Study (1909)
- The King's Highway (1910)
- St Paul and his Converts (1910), third impression (1916)
- Christ and his Slaves (1911)
- The Sunshine of the Good News (1912)
- The Divine Master in Home Life (1915)
- The Practice of the Love of Christ (1915)
- The Eyes of his Glory (1916)
- St Paul's Friends (1917)
- The Love that Ceases to Calculate (1918)
- God's Garden and Ours (1918)
- Failure and Recovery (1919)
- The Starting Place of Victory (1919)
- The Promise of Life The Life that is in Christ Jesus (1919)
- The Divine Master in Home Life
Lees was also a contributor to Hastings' A Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels.[2]
References
- ^ McKie, J. D (1986). "Lees, Harrington Clare (1870 - 1929)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
- ^ a b Serle, Percival (1949). "Lees, Harrington Clare". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Retrieved 11 September 2009.