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Basil Moss (priest)
Basil Stanley Moss (7 October 1918 – 24 March 2006) was Provost of Birmingham Cathedral from 1972 to 1986. He was born in Salford as the son of Canon H. G. Moss and was educated at Canon Slade Grammar School, Bolton and Queen's College, Oxford. He was ordained as a priest in 1943 and was a tutor and sub-warden at Lincoln Theological College from 1945 to 1951. In 1950, he married Rachel Margaret Bailey. Appointed as senior tutor at St. Catharine's Cumberland Lodge, Windsor in 1951, he moved to be vicar of St. Nathaniel's Church, Bristol in 1953. Seven years later he became a Residentiary Canon of Bristol Cathedral, until in 1966 he was appointed chief secretary of the Advisory Council Churches Ministry. As Provost of Birmingham Cathedral (1972–86), he also was chairman of both the Birmingham Community Relations Council (1973–81) and the Birmingham Council of Christian Churches Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provosts Of Birmingham Cathedral
The Dean of Birmingham is the senior member of clergy responsible for St. Philip's Cathedral in Birmingham, England. Before 2000 the post was designated provost, which was the equivalent of a dean but used in the case of pro-cathedrals, such as Birmingham, which had originally been built as parish churches. __TOC__ List of provosts and deans Provosts *1931–1937 Hamilton Baynes *1937–1949 Harold Richards *1951–1962 Michael Clarke *1962–1972 George Sinker *1972–1986 Basil Moss *1986–2000 Peter Berry *2000–' Gordon Mursell ''(became Dean)'' Deans *''2002/3''–2005 Gordon Mursell ''(previously Provost)'' *2006–2009 Robert Wilkes *2010–2017 Catherine Ogle (installed and inducted in September 2010) *30 September 2017present Matt Thompson [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham Council Of Christian Churches
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West Midlands metropolitan county, and approximately 4.3 million in the wider metropolitan area. It is the largest UK metropolitan area outside of London. Birmingham is known as the second city of the United Kingdom. Located in the West Midlands region of England, approximately from London, Birmingham is considered to be the social, cultural, financial and commercial centre of the Midlands. Distinctively, Birmingham only has small rivers flowing through it, mainly the River Tame and its tributaries River Rea and River Cole – one of the closest main rivers is the Severn, approximately west of the city centre. Historically a market town in Warwickshire in the medieval period, Birmingham grew during the 18th century during the Midlands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provosts And Deans Of Birmingham
The Dean of Birmingham is the senior member of clergy responsible for St. Philip's Cathedral in Birmingham, England. Before 2000 the post was designated provost, which was the equivalent of a dean but used in the case of pro-cathedrals, such as Birmingham, which had originally been built as parish churches. __TOC__ List of provosts and deans Provosts *1931–1937 Hamilton Baynes *1937–1949 Harold Richards *1951–1962 Michael Clarke *1962–1972 George Sinker *1972–1986 Basil Moss *1986–2000 Peter Berry *2000–' Gordon Mursell ''(became Dean)'' Deans *''2002/3''–2005 Gordon Mursell ''(previously Provost)'' *2006–2009 Robert Wilkes *2010–2017 Catherine Ogle (installed and inducted in September 2010) *30 September 2017present Matt Thompson [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alumni Of The Queen's College, Oxford
Alumni (singular: alumnus (masculine) or alumna (feminine)) are former students of a school, college, or university who have either attended or graduated in some fashion from the institution. The feminine plural alumnae is sometimes used for groups of women. The word is Latin and means "one who is being (or has been) nourished". The term is not synonymous with "graduate"; one can be an alumnus without graduating ( Burt Reynolds, alumnus but not graduate of Florida State, is an example). The term is sometimes used to refer to a former employee or member of an organization, contributor, or inmate. Etymology The Latin noun ''alumnus'' means "foster son" or "pupil". It is derived from PIE ''*h₂el-'' (grow, nourish), and it is a variant of the Latin verb ''alere'' "to nourish".Merriam-Webster: alumnus .. Separate, but from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Deaths
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1918 Births
This year is noted for the end of the World War I, First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – 1918 flu pandemic: The "Spanish flu" (influenza) is first observed in Haskell County, Kansas. * January 4 – The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Russia, Sweden, German Empire, Germany and France. * January 9 – Battle of Bear Valley: U.S. troops engage Yaqui people, Yaqui Native American warriors in a minor skirmish in Arizona, and one of the last battles of the American Indian Wars between the United States and Native Americans. * January 15 ** The keel of is laid in Britain, the first purpose-designed aircraft carrier to be laid down. ** The Red Army (The Workers and Peasants Red Army) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Austin Berry
Peter Austin Berry (27 April 1935 – 26 May 2018) was an Anglican clergyman who served as the Provost of Birmingham Cathedral. He was educated at Solihull School and Keble College, Oxford. Ordained in 1963 he began his career as Chaplain to the Bishop of Coventry The Bishop of Coventry is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Coventry in the Province of Canterbury. In the Middle Ages, the Bishop of Coventry was a title used by the bishops known today as the Bishop of Lichfield. The presen ... and was then successively Midlands Regional Officer to the Community Relations Communion and a Canon Residentiary at Coventry Cathedral before his 13-year stint at Birmingham Cathedral. Notes 1935 births 2018 deaths Alumni of Keble College, Oxford People educated at Solihull School Provosts and Deans of Birmingham {{UK-reli-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Sinker
George Sinker (5 May 1900 – 19 January 1986) was bishop of Nagpur and provost of Birmingham Cathedral. He was born in Hyderabad, India, the son of the Reverend R Sinker, and was educated at Rossall School and Brasenose College, Oxford. In 1924 he married Eva Margaret, daughter of Colonel C H Madden OBE MC. He served as a missionary for the Church Missionary Society in Kandy and Ceylon starting in 1921. In 1924 he was ordained in Bannu, North West Frontier Province, India. He moved to Peshawar in 1932. He was appointed headmaster of the Bishop Cotton School, Simla Shimla (; ; also known as Simla, the official name until 1972) is the capital and the largest city of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. In 1864, Shimla was declared as the summer capital of British India. After independence, th ..., in 1935, then Canon (priest), canon of the Cathedral Church of the Resurrection, Lahore, 1944, and general secretary of the Bible Society for India and Ceylon in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham Community Relations Council
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West Midlands metropolitan county, and approximately 4.3 million in the wider metropolitan area. It is the largest UK metropolitan area outside of London. Birmingham is known as the second city of the United Kingdom. Located in the West Midlands region of England, approximately from London, Birmingham is considered to be the social, cultural, financial and commercial centre of the Midlands. Distinctively, Birmingham only has small rivers flowing through it, mainly the River Tame and its tributaries River Rea and River Cole – one of the closest main rivers is the Severn, approximately west of the city centre. Historically a market town in Warwickshire in the medieval period, Birmingham grew during the 18th century during the Midlands Enl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salford, Greater Manchester
Salford () is a city and the largest settlement in the City of Salford metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. In 2011, Salford had a population of 103,886. It is also the second and only other city in the metropolitan county after neighbouring Manchester. Salford is located in a meander of the River Irwell which forms part of its boundary with Manchester. The former County Borough of Salford, which also included Broughton, Pendleton and Kersal, was granted city status in 1926. In 1974 the wider Metropolitan Borough of the City of Salford was established with responsibility for a significantly larger region. Historically in Lancashire, Salford was the judicial seat of the ancient hundred of Salfordshire. It was granted a charter by Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, in about 1230, making Salford a free borough of greater cultural and commercial importance than its neighbour Manchester.. The Industrial Revolution of the late 18th and early 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Of Birmingham Cathedral
The Dean of Birmingham is the senior member of clergy responsible for St. Philip's Cathedral in Birmingham, England. Before 2000 the post was designated provost, which was the equivalent of a dean but used in the case of pro-cathedrals, such as Birmingham, which had originally been built as parish churches. __TOC__ List of provosts and deans Provosts *1931–1937 Hamilton Baynes *1937–1949 Harold Richards *1951–1962 Michael Clarke *1962–1972 George Sinker *1972–1986 Basil Moss *1986–2000 Peter Berry *2000–' Gordon Mursell ''(became Dean)'' Deans *''2002/3''–2005 Gordon Mursell ''(previously Provost)'' *2006–2009 Robert Wilkes *2010–2017 Catherine Ogle (installed and inducted in September 2010) *30 September 2017present Matt Thompson [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bristol Cathedral
Bristol Cathedral, the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is the Church of England cathedral in the city of Bristol, England. Founded in 1140 and consecrated in 1148, it was originally St Augustine's Abbey but after the Dissolution of the Monasteries it became in 1542 the seat of the newly created Bishop of Bristol and the cathedral of the new Diocese of Bristol. It is a Grade I listed building. The eastern end of the church includes fabric from the 12th century, with the Elder Lady Chapel which was added in the early 13th century. Much of the church was rebuilt in the English Decorated Gothic style during the 14th century despite financial problems within the abbey. In the 15th century the transept and central tower were added. The nave was incomplete at the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539 and was demolished. In the 19th century Gothic Revival a new nave was built by George Edmund Street partially using the original plans. The western twin towers, des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
