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John Lowe (1899–1960) was
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of
Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church ( la, Ædes Christi, the temple or house, '' ædēs'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, the college is uniqu ...
,
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(1939–59) and
Vice-Chancellor A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system. In most Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth and former Commonwealth n ...
of the
University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...
(1948–51).


Life

Born in
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,
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, Canada, he studied at
Trinity College, Toronto Trinity College (occasionally referred to as The University of Trinity College) is a college federated with the University of Toronto, founded in 1851 by Bishop John Strachan. Strachan originally intended Trinity as a university of strong Angli ...
and went on to the
University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...
as a
Rhodes scholar The Rhodes Scholarship is an international postgraduate award for students to study at the University of Oxford, in the United Kingdom. Established in 1902, it is the oldest graduate scholarship in the world. It is considered among the world' ...
(1922). He returned to Trinity College, where he taught for twelve years, serving as
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of
Divinity Divinity or the divine are things that are either related to, devoted to, or proceeding from a deity.divine
(1933–39), before taking up his post at Christ Church, Oxford.


Selected works

*''The Lord's prayer'' (
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:
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, 1962) *''Saint Peter'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956) *''The interpretation of the Lord's prayer'' ( Evanston:
Seabury-Western Theological Seminary Seabury-Western Theological Seminary (SWTS) was a seminary of the Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal Church, located in Evanston, Illinois. It ceased operations as a residential seminary granting the Master of Divinity degree in May 201 ...
, 1955) *''Diocese of Oxford: The cathedral handbook'' (Oxford: n.p., 1955)


References


Further reading


''The Munificent Monsieur''
''
Time Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, to ...
'', 27 September 1948.
''A Question of Continuity''
''Time'', 15 November 1948.


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at the National Portrait Gallery 1899 births 1960 deaths People from Calgary Trinity College (Canada) alumni University of Toronto alumni Canadian Rhodes Scholars University of Toronto faculty Deans of Christ Church, Oxford Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford Canadian Anglican priests Place of death missing {{UOxford-stub