Gavin Hunter Reid OBE (born 24 May 1934) was the

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from 1992 until 2001."Reid, Rt Rev. Gavin Hunter", ''Who's Who 2012'', A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011; online edn, Nov 201

accessed 9 July 2012 Primary school : part educated at Blackheath and Kidbrooke C of E school. Reid was educated at

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and King's College London.

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in 1960 and

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in 1961, after a

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at St Paul's East Ham he served in a succession of administrative posts for the

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before his ordination to the

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. He is a prolific author and his works include ''The Gagging of God'' (1969), ''A New Happiness'' (1974), ''To Reach a Nation'' (1987), ''Our Place in his Story'' (1994) and ''To Canterbury with Love''. He was awarded the OBE in 1999 for his contribution to the

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. He retired to

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in 2001 and is an assistant bishop in the

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.'' Daily Telegraph'', p. 30, 17 November 2008.

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1934 births People educated at the John Roan School Alumni of King's College London Living people Bishops of Maidstone 20th-century Church of England bishops 21st-century Church of England bishops Officers of the Order of the British Empire {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub