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John Norman Davidson Kelly
Early life
John Kelly was born in Bridge of Allan, Perthshire, on 13 April 1909 and was the fourth of five children to his Scottish headmaster father, John Davidson Kelly, and Ann his English mother. John and his sister Ann Davidson Kelly[1] were home-schooled by his father. (one source says it was a small school[2]). His father was unemployed after the school he was head of had financial difficulties. He had a good education at home but regretted later the lack of social interaction. He studied at the University of Glasgow, graduating with an undergraduate Master of Arts (MA Hons) degree in 1931.[3]
He then went up to
St Edmund Hall
Kelly was
Kelly became Principal of the Hall at an important phase of its 700-year history, namely its independence from Queen's College, of which it had been part since 1557.[7] The process, started by Emden in 1937, was brought to fruition in 1958 when Kelly secured the co-operation of Queen's and obtained for the Hall a Charter of Incorporation, presented by the Duke of Edinburgh.
During his tenure as Principal, Kelly oversaw a major fund-raising programme which allowed the building of new student accommodation and dining facilities. A period of illness in 1966 cut short his tenure as vice-chancellor of the University. Between 1972 and 1977 he was pro-vice-chancellor of the University.[6] Finally, before he retired as principal, he oversaw the admission of women into the undergraduate body of the Hall, with their first matriculation in 1979.
Academic achievements
John Kelly was prominent in the theology faculty throughout his association with St Edmund Hall. He was speaker's lecturer in biblical studies from 1945 to 1948 and subsequently held a university lectureship in patristic studies until 1976. He published widely, writing on the development of the early
In the ecclesiastical world, he became a canon of Chichester Cathedral in 1948, a position he held until 1993. He presided over the Archbishop of Canterbury's Commission on Roman Catholic Relations from 1963 until 1968 and accompanied the archbishop, Michael Ramsey on his historic visit to Rome in 1966. He was a founder member of the Academic Council of the Institute for Advanced Theological Studies in Jerusalem.[6]
He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Divinity (Oxon) in 1951 and fellowship of the British Academy in 1965. He died a bachelor on 31 March 1997 and his cremated remains are interred in the antechapel of St Edmund Hall.[5]
Selected works
- Kelly, John N. D. (1950). Early Christian Creeds (1st ed.). London: Longmans, Green & CO.
- Kelly, John N. D. (2006) [1972]. Early Christian Creeds (3rd ed.). London-New York: Continuum. ISBN 9780826492166.
- Kelly, John N. D. (2006) [1972]. Early Christian Creeds (3rd ed.). London-New York: Continuum.
- Kelly, J.N.D. (1952) What is Catholicism?, Saffron Walden, Essex : Talbot Press (S.P.C.K.), 39 p.
- Kelly, J.N.D. [1958] (2000) Early Christian doctrines, 5th rev. ed., London : Continuum, ISBN 0-8264-5252-3
- Kelly, J.N.D. [1963] (1987) A Commentary on the Pastoral Epistles. I Timothy, II Timothy, Titus, Black's New Testament Commentaries, London : Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-06-064329-3
- Kelly, J.N.D. (1964) The Athanasian Creed, Paddock lectures ; 1962–1963, London : A. & C. Black, 140 p.
- Kelly, J.N.D. (1969) A Commentary on the Epistles of Peter and of Jude, Black's New Testament commentaries, London: A & C Black, ISBN 0-7136-1010-7
- Kelly, J.N.D. [1970] (1985) Aspects of the Passion, The Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent book, Mowbray's Christian studies series, London : Mowbray, ISBN 0-264-67035-3
- Kelly, J.N.D. [1975] (1998) Jerome : his life, writings and controversies, London : Duckworth, ISBN 0-7156-1231-X
- Kelly, J.N.D. [1986] (2006) Oxford Dictionary of Popes, Updated Ed. with new material by M. Walsh, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-861433-0
- Kelly, J.N.D. (1989) St. Edmund Hall: Almost Seven Hundred Years, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-951559-X
- Kelly, J.N.D. (1995) Golden Mouth : the story of John Chrysostom – ascetic, preacher, bishop, London : Duckworth, ISBN 0-7156-2643-4
References
Citations
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- ^ "Obituary: The Rev Dr John Kelly". The Independent. 4 April 1997. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ a b c d "John Norman Davidson Kelly". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ a b Cowdrey, 2004
- ^ a b c d The Times, 1997
- ^ Cowdrey, 1988
- ^ Cowdrey 2004; See selected bibliography
Sources
- , accessed 9 December 2007.
- Cowdrey, H.E.J. (1999) "John Norman Davidson Kelly 1909–1997", Biographical memoir, Proceedings of the British Academy, 101, pp. 419–437.
- Cowdrey, H.E.J. (2004) "Kelly, John Norman Davidson (1909–1997)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, , accessed 9 December 2007.
- The Times (1997) "The Rev J.N.D. Kelly", Obituary, 3 April, p. 25.