Thomas Jex-Blake

Thomas William Jex-Blake (1832–1915) was an Anglican priest and educationalist.

[1][2] He was born on 26 January 1832, the son of lawyer Thomas Jex-Blake and the brother of Sophia Jex-Blake, who was a pioneer in women doctors in the United Kingdom.

[3] He was educated at Rugby[4] and University College, Oxford.

After this second period at Rugby, his working life solely as an Anglican minister began when he became rector of Alvechurch.

In 1891 he was appointed dean of Wells,[6] a post he held for two decades.