Noel Duckworth
John Noel Duckworth (25 December 1912 – 24 November 1980), MA,
Biography
Duckworth was born on Christmas Day (hence Noel) at
He was ordained in 1936 and appointed a
Immediately after the war he was appointed Chaplain of St John's College, Cambridge. In 1948 he took a post as Chaplain and Dean of the then newly created University of Ghana. Here, apart from his university work he became a canon in Accra cathedral. He returned to England in 1957 to become Chaplain at Pocklington School in Yorkshire.
Duckworth joined the newly founded Churchill College in 1961, where he helped found both the Chapel at Churchill College and Churchill College Boat Club. He was also a staunch defender of women's rowing, acting as coach to the Cambridge University Women's Boat Club (whom he referred to as the "Perspiring Persephones" and the "Sweaty Bettys") and helping to organise their defence campaign when the President of the Cambridge University Boat Club attempted in 1964 to have them banned from the Bumps races, an attempt which ultimately failed.[5] He retired in 1973.
He was the subject of
See also
References
External links
- Canon Noel Duckworth at World Rowing
- Canon Noel Duckworth at Olympedia
- COFEPOW