Frederick Dillistone
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Frederick William Dillistone (9 May 1903 [1] – 5 October 1993 [2] ) was the second Dean of Liverpool . [3]
Dillistone was educated at Brighton College and Brasenose College, Oxford . Ordained in 1928, [4] he began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Jude's Southsea . Later, he was a tutor at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and then Vicar of St Andrew's in the same city . [5] From 1938 to 1945 he was Professor of Theology at Wycliffe College, Toronto , and Vice Principal of London College of Divinity from 1945-1947. [6] From then until 1952 he was Professor of Theology at the Episcopal Divinity School at Cambridge, Massachusetts . Moving back to England he was Canon Residentiary and Chancellor of Liverpool Cathedral from 1952 to 1956 and then its Dean until 1963. [7] From 1964 until his retirement in 1970, he was Fellow and Chaplain of Oriel College, Oxford . In 1968, he delivered the Bampton Lectures under the title 'Traditional Symbols and the Contemporary World'. An eminent author, [8] he died at the age of 90 years. He was known to friends as 'Dilly'. [9]
Notes
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black , 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ↑ "Obituary: Canon F. W. Dillistone" . Independent.co.uk . Retrieved 22 February 2021 .
- ↑ "Dean Hussey Papers" . National Archives . Retrieved 22 February 2021 .
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP , 1941
- ↑ "St Andrew's Church, Oxford" . Standrewsoxford.org . Retrieved 22 February 2021 . [ full citation needed ]
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1969-1970 (83rd ed.). London: Oxford University Press. 1971. p. 337.
- ↑ The Times , Tuesday, Jan 31, 1956; pg. 10; Issue 53442; col D Ecclesiastical News New Dean Of Liverpool
- ↑ Amongst others he wrote “The Significance of the Cross”, 1945; “The Structure of the Divine Society”, 1951; Jesus Christ and His Cross , (1953); Christianity and Symbolism , 1955; “Christianity and Communication”, 1956; “Dramas of Salvation”, 1967; “Charles Raven: a biography”, 1975; “The Power of Symbols”, 1986; and “Language and the Worship of the Church”, 1990 > British Library web site accessed 20:38 GMT Saturday 27 February 2010
- ↑ Pawley, Margaret (1987). Donald Coggan: Servant of Christ . London: SPCK. p. 86. ISBN 0281043264 .
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