George Kilpatrick

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George Kilpatrick
Born15 September 1910 
Theologian, university teacher Edit this on Wikidata
Position heldDean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture (University of Oxford, 1949–1977) Edit this on Wikidata

George Dunbar Kilpatrick (15 September 1910 – 14 January 1989) was an Anglican priest and theologian. He was Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford from 1949 to 1977.

Life

Kilpatrick was born in Coal Creek, British Columbia, Canada.[1]

Education

He studied at

Literae Humaniores (classics) in 1934 and a second-class degree in theology in 1936, as well as a Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1944). In 1948 he obtained his Doctor of Divinity
degree.

Academic work

He was ordained deacon in 1936 and priest in 1937, serving as a curate in Horsell, Surrey, and in Selly Oak, Birmingham.[2]

After tutoring at

Fellowship at The Queen's College, Oxford. He held the professorship and fellowship until 1977. He was appointed a Fellow of University College, London in 1967.[2]

He has been described as "one of the outstanding textual critics of the twentieth century".[3] His publications included The Origins of the Gospel according to St Matthew (1946), The Trial of Jesus (1953) and The Eucharist in Bible and Liturgy (1984), as well as various articles in journals and periodicals. He died on 14 January 1989.[2]

References

  1. ^ Elliott 1976, pp. 1.
  2. ^
    Who Was Who 1920–2008
    . Oxford University Press. December 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  3. S2CID 162612029
    .

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