Thomas Banks Strong GBE (24 October 1861 – 8 July 1944) was an English theologian who was Bishop of Ripon and Oxford.[1] He was also Dean of Christ Church, Oxford and served as Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University during the First World War.[2]
Thomas Strong was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he received a 2nd class degree in Literae Humaniores in 1883.[3] At Christ Church, Strong was successively Lecturer (1884), Student (1888), Censor (1892), and then Dean (1901–20). He became a deacon in 1885, a priest in 1886, then Bishop of Ripon (1920–1925) and Bishop of Oxford (1925–1937).
Strong produced a number of theological publications.[4][5][6] He became a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in 1918. He was buried at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, where there is a memorial stone with a Latin inscription.[7]
| Academic offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Francis Paget |
Dean of Christ Church, Oxford 1901–1920 |
Succeeded by Henry Julian White |
| Preceded by Charles Buller Heberden |
Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1913–1917 |
Succeeded by Herbert Edward Douglas Blakiston |
| Church of England titles | ||
| Preceded by Thomas Drury |
Bishop of Ripon 1920–1925 |
Succeeded by Edward Arthur Burroughs |
| Preceded by Hubert Murray Burge |
Bishop of Oxford 1925–1937 |
Succeeded by Kenneth E. Kirk |
|
|||||||||||
|
|||||