Thomas Strong (bishop)

The Right Reverend

Thomas Strong

KG GBE
The Right Reverend; Thomas Strong; KG GBE
Bishop of Oxford
	Portrait of Strong by William Orpen, c. 1923
Church	Church of England
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Oxford
Elected	1925
In office	1925 - 1937
Predecessor	Hubert Burge
Successor	Kenneth Kirk
Other post(s)	Vice-Chancellor of the; University of Oxford (1913–1917); Dean of Christ Church (1901–1920); Bishop of Ripon (1920–1925);
Orders
Ordination	1885 (deacon); 1886 (priest)
Personal details
Birth name	Thomas Banks Strong
Born	24 October 1861
Died	8 July 1944 (aged 82)
Buried	Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Occupation	Priest, theologian
Education	Westminster School
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

Thomas Banks Strong KG GBE (24 October 1861 – 8 July 1944) was an English Anglican bishop and theologian. He served as Bishop of Ripon and Oxford.^[1] He was also Dean of Christ Church, Oxford and served as Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University during the First World War.^[2]

Thomas Strong was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he received a second-class degree in Literae Humaniores in 1883.^[3] He became a deacon in 1885 and a priest in 1886. At Christ Church, Strong was successively Lecturer (1884), Student (1888), Censor (1892), and then Dean (1901–1920).^[4] He received the degree Doctor of Divinity (DD) from the University of Oxford in January 1902.^[5]

In 1920 he was appointed Bishop of Ripon, and in 1925 was translated as Bishop of Oxford, serving as such, and as Clerk of the Closet and Chancellor of the Order of the Garter until 1937.

Strong produced a number of theological publications.^[6]^[7]^[8]

He became a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in 1918. He was buried at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, where there is a memorial stone with a Latin inscription.^[9]

Selected books[]

Christian Ethics: Eight Lectures (Longmans, Green and Co., 1896)
A Manual of Theology (1903)
God and the Individual (1903; Kessinger Publishing Company, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4368-5986-8)
Lectures on the Method of Science (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906)
Visitation Charge of the Bishop of Oxford at the Diocesan Visitation 1931 (Oxford University Press, 1931)

References[]

^ Ellie Clewlow, Strong, Thomas Banks (1861–1944), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, September 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36356
^ "Previous Vice-Chancellors". University of Oxford, UK. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
^ "Strong, Thomas Banks". The Concise Dictionary of National Biography. Volume III: N–Z. Oxford University Press. 1995. pp. 1887–1888. |volume= has extra text (help)
^ "No. 27329". The London Gazette. 2 July 1901. p. 4399.
^ "University intelligence - Oxford". The Times (36681). London. 3 February 1902. p. 7.
^ Strong, Thomas B., Internet Archive.
^ Books by Thomas Banks Strong, Alibris.
^ Thomas Banks Strong, Open Library.
^ Thomas Banks Strong (1861 – 1944) at Find a Grave

External links[]

Works by or about Thomas Strong at Internet Archive
Bibliographic directory from Project Canterbury
Strong, Thomas Banks (1861–1944) Bishop of Oxford letters, JANUS, University of Cambridge
Pictures and photographs at the National Portrait Gallery (London)
"Archival material relating to Thomas Strong". UK National Archives.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Thomas Drury	Bishop of Ripon 1920–1925	Succeeded by Edward Burroughs
Preceded by Hubert Burge	Bishop of Oxford 1925–1937	Succeeded by Kenneth Kirk
Academic offices
Preceded by Francis Paget	Dean of Christ Church, Oxford 1901–1920	Succeeded by Henry Julian White
Preceded by Charles Buller Heberden	Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1913–1917	Succeeded by Herbert Edward Douglas Blakiston

[1] Ellie Clewlow, Strong, Thomas Banks (1861–1944), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, September 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36356

[2] "Previous Vice-Chancellors". University of Oxford, UK. Retrieved July 13, 2011.

[3] "Strong, Thomas Banks". The Concise Dictionary of National Biography. Volume III: N–Z. Oxford University Press. 1995. pp. 1887–1888. |volume= has extra text (help)

[4] "No. 27329". The London Gazette. 2 July 1901. p. 4399.

[5] "University intelligence - Oxford". The Times (36681). London. 3 February 1902. p. 7.

[6] Strong, Thomas B., Internet Archive.

[7] Books by Thomas Banks Strong, Alibris.

[8] Thomas Banks Strong, Open Library.

[9] Thomas Banks Strong (1861 – 1944) at Find a Grave

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The Right Reverend Thomas Strong KG GBE
Bishop of Oxford
Portrait of Strong by William Orpen, c. 1923
Church	Church of England
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Oxford
Elected	1925
In office	1925 - 1937
Predecessor	Hubert Burge
Successor	Kenneth Kirk
Other post(s)	Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1913–1917) Dean of Christ Church (1901–1920) Bishop of Ripon (1920–1925)
Orders
Ordination	1885 (deacon) 1886 (priest)
Personal details
Birth name	Thomas Banks Strong
Born	(1861-10-24)24 October 1861
Died	8 July 1944(1944-07-08) (aged 82)
Buried	Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Occupation	Priest, theologian
Education	Westminster School
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

show v t Bishops of Ripon (modern diocese)
Charles Longley Robert Bickersteth William Boyd Carpenter Thomas Drury Thomas Strong Edward Burroughs Geoffrey Lunt George Chase John Moorman Hetley Price David Young John Packer, Bishop of Ripon and Leeds James Bell, Acting Bishop of Ripon and Leeds diocese dissolved; Bell became area Bishop of Ripon
for the area bishops in Leeds diocese, see Bishop of Ripon