Rev. Dr Alan Richardson, 1905-1975

Alan Richardson was born in Wigan, Lancashire in 1905 and educated at the University of Liverpool, where he graduated in Philosophy in 1927. He studied at Exeter College, Oxford for a doctorate in divinity before moving to Cambo, Northumberland as vicar. He was a canon of Durham Cathedral from 1938 until 1953.

His academic career at the University of Nottingham began in 1953, when he became Professor and head of the Department of Christian Theology, a role he occupied until 1964. From 1962 to 1964 he was also Dean of the Faculty of Arts. He left the University to take up the office of Dean of York, which he held until his death in 1975.

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