John Drury (clergyman)

The Very Reverend John Henry Drury DD^[1] (born 23 May 1936)^[2] is an Anglican priest and author. He has been the Chaplain of All Souls College, Oxford since 2003.

Life

Drury was born on 23 May 1936^[3] educated at Bradfield and Trinity Hall, Cambridge and ordained in 1963. His first post was a curacy at St John's Wood.^[4] Later he was Chaplain of Downing College, Cambridge then Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. From 1973 to 1979 he was a Residentiary Canon at Norwich Cathedral and after that Head of Religious Studies at Sussex University. From 1981 to 1991 he was Dean of King's College, Cambridge. That year he became Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, a post he held for 12 years.^[5] A noted author,^[6] he has been Chaplain of All Souls College, Oxford since 2003.

Notes

↑ Lambeth Degree
↑ "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2014. the Very Rev John Drury, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, 1991–2003, 77
↑ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1975-76 Lambeth, Church House,1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
↑ Number 10
↑ Amongst others he wrote "Angels and Dirt", 1972; "Luke", 1973; "Tradition and Design in Luke's Gospel", 1976; "The Pot and The Knife", 1979; "The Parables in the Gospels", 1985; "Critics of the Bible 1724–1873", 1989; "The Burning Bush", 1990; "Painting the Word", 1999, and "Music at Midnight: the Life and Poetry of George Herbert." British Library web site accessed 20:45 PDT Monday 20 May 2015.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Eric William Heaton	Dean of Christ Church, Oxford 1991– 2003	Succeeded by Christopher Andrew Lewis

Deans of Christ Church, Oxford

Predecessors	John Hygdon* John Oliver* John London Richard Cox

Early modern	Richard Cox Richard Marshall George Carew Thomas Sampson Thomas Godwin Thomas Cooper John Piers Tobias Matthew William James Thomas Ravis John King William Goodwin Richard Corbet Brian Duppa Samuel Fell Edward Reynolds John Owen Edward Reynolds George Morley John Fell John Massey Henry Aldrich Francis Atterbury George Smalridge Hugh Boulter William Bradshaw John Conybeare David Gregory William Markham Lewis Bagot Cyril Jackson

Late modern	Charles Hall Samuel Smith Thomas Gaisford Henry Liddell Francis Paget Thomas Strong Julian White Alwyn Williams John Lowe Cuthbert Simpson Henry Chadwick Eric Heaton John Drury Christopher Lewis Martyn Percy

* – Academic deans only; prior to the establishment of Christ Church Cathedral; ** – Cathedral deans at Osney.

Diocese of Oxford

Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford Diocesan Church House, Oxford Dorchester Abbey Cuddesdon Palace Osney Abbey Area scheme (1984–present)

Office holders	Colin Fletcher, Acting Bishop of Oxford and area Bishop of Dorchester Alan Wilson, area Bishop of Buckingham Andrew Proud, area Bishop of Reading AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Martyn Percy, Dean of Christ Church Karen Gorham, Archdeacon of Buckingham Martin Gorick, Archdeacon of Oxford Olivia Graham, Archdeacon of Berkshire Judy French, Archdeacon of Dorchester

Selected deaneries	Deanery of Reading

Authority control	VIAF: 85090840 ISNI: 0000 0001 1476 3576 SUDOC: 068983050 BNF: cb129189118 (data)

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