John Drury (priest)

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The Very Reverend John Henry Drury , DD^[1] was an Anglican Dean from 1991^[2] until 2002.

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] since 2003 he has been Chaplain of All Souls College, Oxford.

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

Notes

↑ Lambeth Degree
↑ "The Deans", Beeson,T.R: London, SCM, 2004 ISBN 0-334-02987-2
↑ 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; and "Painting the Word", 1999 > British Library web site accessed 19:45 GMT Wednesday 19th May, 2010

v t e 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

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

v t e Diocese of Oxford

Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford Diocesan Church House, Oxford Dorchester Abbey Cuddesdon Palace Osney Abbey

Office holders	The Bishop of Oxford, John Pritchard The area Bishop of Dorchester, Colin Fletcher The area Bishop of Buckingham, Alan Wilson The area Bishop of Reading, Andrew Proud AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet The Dean of Christ Church, Christopher Lewis The Archdeacon of Buckingham, Karen Gorham The Archdeacon of Oxford, Martin Gorick Archdeacon-designate of Berkshire, Olivia Graham

Selected deaneries	Deanery of Reading

Authority control	VIAF: 85090840 ISNI: 0000 0001 1476 3576

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