Hamish Swanston

Hamish F. G. Swanston (1933- 8 September 2013), theologian and historian,[1] was born in Oban, Scotland, and ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1960. At the University of Kent at Canterbury in 1977, he became the first Catholic to head a Department of Theology at a British university since the Reformation. He lectured regularly on various topics, notably including seventeenth and eighteenth century European opera, on which he has spoken at the Kennedy Center and the Los Angeles Opera Center.[2]

His publications include:

References

  1. 1 2 Frankenstein, Alfred (23 July 1978). "Grand and Otherwise; Opera". New York Times. p. BR4. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  2. "Trailblazer". The Tablet. Retrieved 18 September 2015.


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