William Hugh Clifford Frend
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The Reverend Professor W. H. C. Frend (11 January 1916-1 August 2005)
Ecclesiastical historian; archaeologist; priest.
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[edit] Academic career
- Haileybury College (scholar)
- Keble College, Oxford (scholar, B.A. First class in Modern History 1937, M.A. 1951, D.Phil. with thesis on Donatists 1940, D.D. 1966)
- Craven Scholarship to study in Berlin (with Hans Lietzmann) and North Africa
- Research fellowship at University of Nottingham
- Associate Director, Egypt Exploration Society, Q'asr Ibrim, Nubia 1963-64
- Bye Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (B.D. 1964)
- Fellow and University lecturer in Divinity. During this time the Prince of Wales, then reading archaeology and anthropology at Trinity, was a one of his students.
- Professor of Ecclesiastical History, and Dean of the Faculty of Divinity, in the University of Glasgow 1969-84 (Emeritus 1984-2005)
- Chairman, Association of University Teachers 1976-78
- Frend once stood for local government as Liberal Party candidate in Cambridge
- In the 1980s he worked at Carthage with a team from the University of Michigan
- In retirement was again elected Bye Fellow of Caius and in his last years wrote a new book about the early life of Augustine
[edit] Military career
- Assistant Principal, War Office 1940
- Seconded to Cabinet Office and served on Committees for Allied Supplies and the Free French
- Liaison officer, Psychological Warfare Branch, Tunis
- Service in Austria for 18 months
- Italy
- Commissioned officer, Queen's Royal Regiment 1947-67
[edit] Ministry
Frend inclined towards the Low Church tradition. He was a sometimes reluctant liberal who cautiously supported the ordination of women but criticised Bishop Jenkins of Durham over his non-traditional ideas about Christmas. He was considered a good and humble pastor and an enlightening, if theologically uncoventional, preacher.
- Reader 1956-82
- Ordained deacon in the Scottish Episcopal Church 1982
- Non Stipendiary Minister, Aberfoyle 1982-84
- Ordained priest in the Scottish Episcopal Church 1983
- Priest-in-charge, Barnwell with Thurning and Luddington 1984-90
- Permission to Officiate in the Diocese of Ely 1990-2005
- Until his death, he continued to take two services every month
[edit] Public recognition
- Krzyż Zasługi z Mieczami (Gold Cross of Merit with Swords), Government of the Polish Republic in Exile
- Territorial Efficiency Decoration 1959
- Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London 1952
- Fellow of the Royal Historical Society 1954
- D.D. honoris causa, University of Edinburgh 1974
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1979
- Fellow of the British Academy 1983
- He set up and financed the Frend Medal, awarded by the Society of Antiquaries for archaeological work
[edit] Family
Frend was married to Mary Grace (née Crook) 1951-2002; they had one son and one daughter. His father was a clergyman of High Church persuasion.
[edit] Major Works
- The Donatist Church (1952)
- Martyrdom and Persecution in the Early Church (1965)
- The Rise of the Monophysite Movement (1972)
- The Rise of Christianity (1984)
[edit] See also
- Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Glasgow
- List of Professorships at the University of Glasgow
- Trinity College, Glasgow
