Alec Vidler
English Anglican theologian and priest (1899–1991) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alexander Roper Vidler OGS (27 December 1899 – 25 July 1991), known as Alec Vidler, was an English Anglican priest, theologian, and ecclesiastical historian,[7] who served as Dean of King's College, Cambridge, for ten years from 1956 and then, following his retirement in 1966, as Mayor of Rye, Sussex.
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Born | Alexander Roper Vidler (1899-12-27)27 December 1899 |
Died | 25 July 1991(1991-07-25) (aged 91) |
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Religion | Christianity (Anglican) |
Church | Church of England[1] |
Ordained | 1922 |
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Alma mater | Selwyn College, Cambridge |
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Sub-discipline | Ecclesiastical history |
School or tradition | Anglo-Catholicism |
Institutions | King's College, Cambridge |
Doctoral students | David Nicholls |
Influenced | Christopher Evans[6] |
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