Edward S. Kiek

Edward Sidney Kiek (5 August 1883 – 24 April 1959) was a Congregationalist minister, and principal of Parkin College, that church's seminary in Adelaide, South Australia.

[1] He entered Wadham College in 1903 intent on the life of a Congregationalist missionary and was conferred BA by Oxford University in 1906 and MA in 1910.

[1] In 1919 he was appointed principal of Parkin Theological College, 64 North Terrace, Kent Town, South Australia,[3] following the death of Dr. L. D. Bevan (1842–1918).

He regularly wrote thoughtful essays for the newspapers: he was critical of John Curtin's advocacy of isolationism in response to the rise of belligerent dictatorships.

[4] He demonstrated in 1938 a clear understanding of the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany in a dispassionate address[5] and was quick to denounce Nazi anti-Semitism.