Conrad Clifton Wolters (3 April 1909 - 7 February 1991) was an eminent

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in the 20th century. Wolters was educated privately and at St John's College, Durham where he was a major prize winner and took First Class Honours in all parts of his Tripos. He was ordained in 1934. After

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and Beckenham he held incumbencies in

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and Sanderstead. He was Provost of Newcastle Cathedral from 1962 to 1976.ancestral-indexes
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to the

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. He was a leading expert on the medieval English mystics and produced what are still regarded by most as the outstanding modern English translations of ''

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'', Julian of Norwich, and Richard Rolle for Penguin Classics. He was much sought after as a Spiritual Director and Retreat Conductor as well as by conferences on the medieval mystics.

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1909 births Alumni of St John's College, Durham Provosts and Deans of Newcastle 1991 deaths {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub