Stephen Smalley

Stephen Stewart Smalley was Dean of Chester in the last part of the 20th century[1] and the first year of the 21st,[2] and an eminent Anglican scholar.[3]

Born in 1931 and educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, he was Assistant Curate at St Paul’s, Portman Square and then Chaplain of Peterhouse, Cambridge. From 1960 to 1969 he was a Lecturer at the University of Ibadan. He was then Senior Lecturer in New Testament studies at the University of Manchester and finally (before his elevation to the Deanery) a Canon Residentiary at Coventry Cathedral.

Notes

  1. ^ Debrett's People of Today: Ed Ellis,P (1992, London, Debrett's) ISBN 1870520092)
  2. ^ London Gazette
  3. ^ He was written many books, including “Building for Worship”, 1967; “Heaven and Hell Ibadan”, 1968; “The Spirit’s Power Achimota”, 1972; “John: Evangelist and Interpreter”, 1978; “Thunder and Love”, 1994; and “Hope for Ever”, 2005> British Library web site accessed 12:48 GMT THursday 9th September, 2010
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Thomas Wood Ingram Cleasby		 Dean of Chester
1987 – 2001		 Succeeded by
Gordon Ferguson McPhate
Early modern

Thomas Clerk • Henry Man • William Clyff • Richard Walker • John Piers • Richard Langworth • Robert Dorset • Thomas Mawdesley • John Nutter • William Barlow • Henry Parry • Thomas Mallory • William Nichols • Henry Bridgeman • James Arderne • Laurence Fogg • Walter Offley • Thomas Allen • Thomas Brooke • William Smith • George Cotton
Late modern

Hugh Cholmondeley • Robert Hodgson • Peter Vaughan • Edward Copleston • Henry Phillpotts • George Davys • Frederick Anson • John Howson • John Darby • Frank Bennett • Norman Tubbs • Michael Gibbs • George Addleshaw • Ingram Cleasby • Stephen Smalley • Gordon McPhate
Office holders in the Diocese of Chester