Norman Harry Crowder (20 October 1926 – 10 February 2013) was

Archdeacon of Portsmouth The archdeacons in the Diocese of Portsmouth are senior ecclesiastical officers in the Church of England in south-east Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. They currently include: the archdeacon of The Meon, the archdeacon of the Isle of Wight and the ...

from 1985 to 1993. Born in Nottingham on 20 October 1926, he was educated at

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and

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. After

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with the

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he was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform va ...

in 1952. He was an

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St Mary's,

Radcliffe-on-Trent Radcliffe-on-Trent is a large village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the Census 2011 was 8,205. Location Radcliffe has a population of about 8,000. It is to the ea ...

and then Residential Chaplain to the Bishop of Portsmouth until 1959. He was

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Canford School Canford School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school for pupils aged 13–18). Situated in 300 acres of parkland near to the market town of Wimborne Minster in Dorset, south west England, it is one of the largest s ...

from 1959 until 1972 when he became

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of St John's, Oakfield, Ryde. From 1975 to 1985 he was Director of Religious Education in the Portsmouth Diocese and a Residential Canon of its

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. After this he became

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Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council. Portsmouth is the most dens ...

. He died in Salisbury on 10 February 2013. He had married Pauline. Their son Richard worked at the

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1926 births 2013 deaths People from Nottingham People educated at Nottingham High School Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Archdeacons of Portsmouth {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub