Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology is a senior

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at the

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. It was founded in 1940 and was named for

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who helped fund the setting up of the university's theological department. The chair has been held by people from a number of

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List of incumbents

* H. G. Wood (1940 to 1946); 1st Edward Cadbury Professor *

Hedley Sparks Hedley Frederick Davis Sparks, (14 November 1908 – 22 November 1996) was a British biblical scholar and Church of England priest. From 1946 to 1952, he was Cadbury Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham. From 1952 to 1976, he w ...

(1946 to 1952) *

Geoffrey Hugo Lampe Geoffrey William Hugo Lampe (13 August 1912 – 5 August 1980) was a British theologian and Anglican priest who dedicated his life to theological teaching and research. He was Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingha ...

(1953 to 1960) *John Gordon Davies (1960 to 1986); 4th Edward Cadbury Professor'DAVIES, Rev. John Gordon', ''

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Frances Young The Reverend Frances Margaret Young, OBE, FBA (born 1939) is a British Christian theologian and Methodist minister. She is Emeritus Professor at the University of Birmingham. Biography Frances Young taught theology at the University of Bi ...

(1986 to 2005) *

David C Parker David Charles Parker OBE (b.1953) was the Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology (2005-2017) and the Director of the Institute for Textual Scholarship and Electronic Editing at the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham. His ...

(2005 to 2017) *

Candida Moss Candida R. Moss (born 26 November 1978) is an English public intellectual, journalist, New Testament scholar and historian of Christianity, who is the Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology in the Department of Theology and Religion at the Universi ...

(2017-)

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