Alan Richardson (priest)
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Alan Richardson | |
|---|---|
| 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 Wigan, Lancashire |
| 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
[edit]Richardson was educated at Liverpool University, Exeter College, Oxford and Ridley Hall, Cambridge.[2]
Ordained ministry
[edit]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
[edit]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 (1947)
- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ 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
