William Hugh Clifford Frend

The Reverend Professor William Hugh Clifford Frend (11 January 1916 - 1 August 2005) was an English ecclesiastical historian, archaeologist, and Anglican priest.

Contents 1 Academic career 2 Military career 3 Ministry 4 Public recognition 5 Family 6 Major works 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

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

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

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

Public recognition

• Złoty 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 archaeology, history and topography of the early Christian Church.^[1] Recipients include Harold McCartet Taylor and Charles Thomas (1981),^[2] Philip Rahtz (2003), Günter P Gehring (2000)^[3] Birthe Kjølbye-Biddle (1986),^[4] Nancy Gauthier (2002),^[5] and Samuel Turner 2004.^[6]

Family

Frend was married to Mary Grace (née Crook) 1951-2002; they had one son, Simon and one daughter, Sally. His father was a clergyman of High Church persuasion.

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)

See also

• Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Glasgow
• List of Professorships at the University of Glasgow
• Trinity College, Glasgow

References

1. ^ "Society of Antiquaries of London - Volume 83, 2003". sal.org.uk. 2011 [last update]. http://www.sal.org.uk/books/theantiquariesjournal/volume-83-2003/index_html/view?searchterm=frend%20medal. Retrieved 3 June 2011. "archaeology, history and topography of the early Christian Church" 
2. ^ "Society of Antiquaries of London - Harold McCartet Taylor, C.B.E., T.D., M.A., M.Sc., Ph.D.". sal.org.uk. 2011 [last update]. http://www.sal.org.uk/obituaries/Obituary%20archive/harold-taylor/view?searchterm=frend%20medal. Retrieved 3 June 2011. "Charles Thomas" 
3. ^ "Society of Antiquaries of London - Volume 80, 2000 work=sal.org.uk". 2011 [last update]. http://www.sal.org.uk/books/theantiquariesjournal/volume-80-2000/index_html/view?searchterm=frend%20medal. Retrieved 3 June 2011. "Günter P Gehring" 
4. ^ (2011 [last update]). "Society of Antiquaries of London - Birthe Kjølbye-Biddle". sal.org.uk. http://www.sal.org.uk/obituaries/birthekjlbyebiddle/view?searchterm=frend%20medal. Retrieved 3 June 2011. "1986" 
5. ^ (2011 [last update]). "Society of Antiquaries of London - Volume 82, 2002". sal.org.uk. http://www.sal.org.uk/books/theantiquariesjournal/volume-82-2002/index_html/view?searchterm=frend%20medal. Retrieved 3 June 2011. "Nancy Gauthier" 
6. ^ (2011 [last update]). "Society of Antiquaries of London - Salon 87 - 25 April 2004". sal.org.uk. http://www.sal.org.uk/salon/sal87/view?searchterm=frend%20medal. Retrieved 3 June 2011. "Samuel Turner" 

External links

• Church Times obituary
• Telegraph obituary
• The Times obituary

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Name	Frend, William Hugh Clifford
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Date of birth	11 January 1916
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Date of death	1 August 2005
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