Alan Richardson (priest)
Alan Richardson KBE | |
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Dean of York | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Diocese of York |
Predecessor | Eric Milner-White |
Successor | Ronald Jasper |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1928 |
Personal details | |
Born | 1905 |
Died | 1975 (aged 69–70) |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Alma mater | University of Liverpool Exeter College, Oxford Ridley Hall, Cambridge |
Alan Richardson, KBE (1905–1975[1]) was a British Anglican priest and academic. From 1964 to 1975, he served as Dean of York.
Early life and education[]
Richardson was educated at Liverpool University, Exeter College, Oxford and Ridley Hall, Cambridge.[2]
Ordained ministry[]
Ordained in 1928[3] his first post was as a curate at St Saviour's Liverpool. He was Vicar of Cambo and then Secretary of the Student Christian Movement. Later he was a canon of Durham Cathedral then Professor of Christian Theology at the University of Nottingham from 1953 until 1964 when he accepted the position as Dean of York, a post he held until his death.[4][5]
Selected works[]
Richardson published extensively. Among his books were:
- Creeds in the Making (1935), reprint 1980
- The Redemption of Modernism (1935)
- History and the Kingdom of God (1939)
- The Miracle Stories of the Gospels (1941)
- Christian Apologetics
- A Theological Word Book of the Bible (editor) (1950)
- The Gospel And Modern Thought (1950)
- The Teacher's Commentary, revised edition, (co-editor) (1955), published in North America by Harper & Bros. as The Twentieth Century Bible Commentary
- An Introduction to the Theology of the New Testament (1958) revised 1972 (ISBN 978-0334007098)
- History, sacred and profane, 1962 Bampton Lectures (1964)
- A Dictionary of Christian Theology (1969), revised by John Bowden (1983) (ISBN 978-0664227487)
- The Political Christ (1973)
Styles[]
- Mr Alan Richardson (1905–1928)
- The Revd Alan Richardson (1928–1943)
- The Revd Canon Alan Richardson (1943–1953)
- The Revd Professor Alan Richardson (1953–1964)
- The Very Revd Alan Richardson (1964–1975)
References[]
- ^ University of Durham
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947
- ^ Church Times
- ^ University of Nottingham, Papers of Rev. Dr. Alan Richardson
Categories:
- 1905 births
- 1975 deaths
- Deans of York
- Alumni of the University of Liverpool
- Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford
- Academics of the University of Nottingham
- Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire