Wickins was educated at Emmanuel College, CambridgeJohn Venn, John Archibald Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, Pt2 Vol 6 p458 and ordained in 1885. After curacies in Burwell and Ely he served with the Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment at Dum Dum, Barrackpore, Howrah, Kasauli, Fort William and Darjeeling. In 1912 he was appointed an Honorary Chaplain to the King.London Gazette On his return from India he was Vicar of Abbotsley (1913-16) then St. Giles with St. Peter, Cambridge.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30 p1397: Oxford, OUP, 1929
