Alan Richardson, (1905–1975) was a British
Anglican priest and academic. From 1964 to 1975, he served as
Dean of York
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Early life and education
Richardson was educated at
Liverpool University
, mottoeng = These days of peace foster learning
, established = 1881 – University College Liverpool1884 – affiliated to the federal Victoria Universityhttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2004/4 University of Manchester Act 200 ...
,
Exeter College, Oxford
(Let Exeter Flourish)
, old_names = ''Stapeldon Hall''
, named_for = Walter de Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter
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, sister_college = Emmanuel College, Cambridge
, rector = Sir Richard Trainor
...
and
Ridley Hall, Cambridge
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.
Ordained ministry
Ordained in 1928 his first post was as a
curate at St Saviour's
Liverpool
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. He was
Vicar
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of
Cambo and then
Secretary
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of the
Student Christian Movement. Later he was a
canon
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of
Durham Cathedral then
Professor
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of
Christian Theology at the
University of Nottingham
, mottoeng = A city is built on wisdom
, established = 1798 – teacher training college1881 – University College Nottingham1948 – university status
, type = Public
, chancellor ...
from 1953 until 1964 when he accepted the position as
Dean of York
Dean may refer to:
People
* Dean (given name)
* Dean (surname), a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin
* Dean (South Korean singer), a stage name for singer Kwon Hyuk
* Dean Delannoit, a Belgian singer most known by the mononym Dean
Titles
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, a post he held until his death.
University of Nottingham, Papers of Rev. Dr. Alan Richardson
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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 (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 ()
*''History, sacred and profane,'' 1962 Bampton Lectures
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(1964)
*''A Dictionary of Christian Theology'' (1969), revised by John Bowden (1983) ()
*''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
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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