Field Flowers Goe

Field Flowers Goe (10 February 1832 – 25 June 1910) was an

Early life

Goe was born in Louth, Lincolnshire, England, the only son of Field Flowers Goe, a solicitor, and his wife Mary Jane. Goe was educated at the King Edward's Grammar School, Louth and later at Hertford College, Oxford where he graduated B.A. in 1857 and M.A. in 1860.

Career

Goe was ordained

In 1861 he married Emma, the daughter of William Hurst; they had no children. Goe's wife died on 24 July 1901 and he resigned on 1 November 1901 but acted as administrator until his departure for England on 7 April 1902. He lived in retirement at Wimbledon, near London, until his death on 25 June 1910.

Goe was a large man, and regarded as kind. He was neither a great scholar nor a great thinker, but he was a man of shrewd sense who preached peace on earth and goodwill to all men and kept his diocese going through a difficult period.

References

• James Grant, 'Goe, Field Flowers (1832 - 1910)',
  MUP
  , 1983, p. 39. Retrieved on 24 December 2008.
• Serle, Percival (1949). "Goe, Field Flowers". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Retrieved 24 December 2008.