Anthony Dyson (priest)

Professor Anthony Oakley Dyson (6 October 1935 – 19 September 1998) was a priest in the Church of England and Professor of Social and Pastoral Theology, Manchester University 1980–1998.^[1]

Career

He was educated at William Hulme's Grammar School, Manchester and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

He was ordained priest in 1962.

He was appointed:

• Chaplain of Ripon College Cuddesdon 1963 – 1969
• Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon 1969 - 1974
• Canon Theologian at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle 1974 – 1977^[2]
• Lecturer in Theology, University of Kent at Canterbury 1977 – 1980
• Professor of Social and Pastoral Theology, Manchester University 1980 – 1998.

Notes

1. The Independent. Saturday 17 October 1998. Obituary: The Rev Professor Anthony Dyson
2. Crockford's Clerical Directory, Volume 90. Church House Publishing, Oxford University Press, 1987