Dean of King's College London
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King's College London
is unusual amongst British educational institutions, in that its Dean
is an ordained person, responsible for overseeing the spiritual development and welfare of all students and staff as well as fostering vocations amongst the worshipping community.
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
is unusual amongst British educational institutions, in that its Dean
Dean (religion)
A dean, in a church context, is a cleric holding certain positions of authority within a religious hierarchy. The title is used mainly in the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church.-Anglican Communion:...
is an ordained person, responsible for overseeing the spiritual development and welfare of all students and staff as well as fostering vocations amongst the worshipping community.
Deans of King's College
- Arthur Cayley HeadlamArthur Cayley HeadlamThe Right Reverend Arthur Cayley Headlam CH was an English theologian who served as Bishop of Gloucester from 1923 to 1945....
(1903–1913) - Alfred Caldecott (1913–1918)
- Walter Robert MatthewsWalter Robert MatthewsThe Very Reverend Walter Robert Matthews, KCVO, CH, DD was an Anglican Dean from 1918 until 1967. Born in 1881 he was educated at Wilson's School and King's College London. He was ordained in 1907 and began his career with curacies at St Mary Abbots, Kensington, and St Peter, Regent Square. After...
(1918–1932) - Richard Hanson (1932–1945)
- Eric Symes AbbottEric Symes AbbottEric Symes Abbott KCVO was an English Anglican priest and Dean of Westminster.Abbott was born in Nottingham in 1906 to William Henry Abbott and Mary Symes, both schoolteachers. He was educated at Nottingham High School and later studied classics and theology at Jesus College, Cambridge...
(1945–1956) - Sydney Hall EvansSydney Hall EvansThe Very Rev Sydney Hall Evans, DD CBE was the Dean of Salisbury in the Church of England from 1977 until his retirement in 1986. Born on 23 July 1915 and educated at Bristol Grammar School and Durham University he was ordained into the priesthood in 1940. His first posts were curacies in...
(1956–1977) - Ulrich Ernst Simon (1977–1980)
- Richard Harries, Baron Harries of PentregarthRichard Harries, Baron Harries of PentregarthRichard Douglas Harries, Baron Harries of Pentregarth is a retired bishop of the Church of England. He was the 41st Bishop of Oxford from 1987 to 2006. Since 2008 he has been the Gresham Professor of Divinity.-Education and army career:...
(1980–1988) - Reginald James Albert Askew (1988–1993)
- Richard Alan BurridgeRichard A. BurridgeRichard A. Burridge is Dean of King's College London, where he is also Professor of Biblical Interpretation. He was educated at University College, Oxford where he received an MA and the University of Nottingham where he read for a PhD...
(1993– )