Owen Chadwick
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Born | William Owen Chadwick 20 May 1916 Bromley, England |
Died | 17 July 2015 Cambridge, England | (aged 99)
Alma mater | University of Cambridge, St John's College, Cambridge |
William Owen Chadwick
In his obituaries, Chadwick was described as "one of the great religious historians of our time" by The Independent,[2] and as "one of the most remarkable men of letters of the 20th century" by The Guardian.[3]
Early life and education
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University | University of Cambridge, Selwyn College, Cambridge, St John's College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chadwick was born in
His eldest brother was sent to
Chadwick graduated with a First in History in 1938. Having been influenced by Martin Charlesworth and Martin Niemöller in 1938, he took a First in theology at Cambridge in 1939. He then attended Cuddesdon College (a theological college) and was ordained to the diaconate and priesthood of the Church of England in 1940 and 1941, respectively.
He served as a curate at St John's Church in Huddersfield for two years and was then chaplain of Wellington College in Berkshire until the end of the Second World War.[9]
He also played rugby during the war, for Blackheath, and for an England team that played against New Zealand.
Cambridge career
After the war, he was made chaplain and Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in 1947, and then Dean of Chapel. He became a university theology lecturer in 1949 and published his first book on the 5th-century monk John Cassian in 1950.
In 1958 he was named
In the 1960s and 1970s, he was suggested as a potential
He was
Owen Chadwick served as a member of the
Selwyn College, Cambridge
Chadwick was elected
Books
Chadwick wrote about such issues as the formation of the
With his brother, Henry, Chadwick edited the Oxford History of the Christian Church (1981-2010), to which he contributed three of its twelve volumes: "The Popes and European Revolution" (1980); "A History of the Popes 1830–1914" (1998); and "The Early Reformation on the Continent" (2003). Chadwick was awarded the Wolfson History Prize in 1981.
Owen Chadwick was also General Editor of the Penguin (formerly Pelican) History of the Church, to which he contributed the third volume (The Reformation), the seventh (The Christian Church in the Cold War, 1992) and the last two chapters of the sixth ("A History of Christian Missions", second edition 1986). His brother Henry wrote the first volume in the series (The Early Church, 1967).
Among Chadwick's other books are:[11]
- John Cassian: A Study in Primitive Monasticism (1950)
- The Founding of Cuddesdon (1954)
- From Bossuet to Newman (1957)
- The Sayings of the Fathers (1958)
- Mackenzie’s Grave (1959) (on a bishop sent to the Zambesi in the 19th century)
- Victorian Miniature (1960) (based on parallel diaries of the squire and parson at Ketteringham in Norfolk covering several decades of the early 19th century)
- The Victorian Church (in two volumes, 1966 and 1970)
- The Secularization of the European Mind in the 19th Century (1975) (based on his Gifford Lectures in 1973–74)
- Newman (in the OUP's "Past Masters" series; 1983)
- Hensley Henson: A study in the Friction between Church and State (1983)
- A History of Christianity (1995)
- The Early Reformation on the Continent (2001)[12]
Honours
Chadwick was appointed
Personal life
Chadwick married Ruth Hallward in 1949; she died before him, in January 2015. He was survived by two sons and two daughters.[17] Chadwick died at the age of 99 on 17 July 2015.[3]
After retiring, Chadwick lived with his wife in Newnham, in Cambridge, but also spent time in Cley next the Sea in Norfolk, where he was priest in charge.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b Owen Chadwick rugby profile ESPN Scrum.com
- ^ Obituary, The Independent, 23 July 2015.
- ^ a b The Rev Owen Chadwick obituary, The Guardian, 19 July 2015 (updated 20 July 2015).
- ^ PHS (9 July 1969). "The Times Diary—Chadwick favourite for Dean, OAPs in TV licence rumpus, Holiday Inns here to stay". News. The Times. No. 57607. London. col D, p. 10.
- ^ The Reverend Professor Owen Chadwick, OM – obituary, The Daily Telegraph, 20 July 1915
- ^ Marshall, Howard; Jordon, J.P. (1951). Oxford v Cambridge, The Story of the University Rugby Match. London: Clerke & Cockeran. p. 252.
- ^ "La Unión de Rugby del Río de la Plata". UAR.com. 1937. Retrieved 20 March 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ISBN 0-86007-552-4.
- ^ "Owen Chadwick RIP". sel.cam.ac.uk.
- ^ "No. 52987". The London Gazette. 10 July 1992. p. 11676.
- ^ The Revd Professor W Owen Chadwick, St John's College, Cambridge
- ^ Methuen, Charlotte. The Journal of Theological Studies, NEW SERIES, 54, no. 1 (2003): 388-91. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23969057.
- ^ "No. 48837". The London Gazette. 30 December 1981. p. 8.
- British Monarchy. Retrieved 25 June 2008
- ^ "No. 49543". The London Gazette. 18 November 1983. p. 15251.
- ^ "Memorial to Chadwick brothers dedicated | Westminster Abbey".
- ^ Grimes, William (23 July 2015). "Owen Chadwick, Eminent Historian of Christianity, Dies at 99". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
Further reading
- Worden, Blair, Derek Beales, and Geoffrey Best, eds. History, Society and the Churches: Essays in Honour of Owen Chadwick. (1985).
External links
- Works by or about Owen Chadwick at Internet Archive
- Interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 29 February 2008 (video)
- "Gifford Lectures". Archived from the original on 16 September 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
- Reverend Professor Owen Chadwick (1916 -)[permanent dead link], Tonbridge School