Walter Matthews | |
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Dean of St Paul's | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | London |
In office | 1934–1967 |
Retired | 1967 |
Predecessor | William Ralph Inge |
Successor | Martin Sullivan |
Other post(s) | Dean of Exeter (1931–1934) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1907 |
Personal details | |
Born | Walter Robert Matthews 22 September 1881
London, England |
Died | 4 December 1973 | (aged 92)
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Spouse |
Margaret Bryan
(
m. 1911; died 1961) |
Walter Robert Matthews CH KCVO [2] (22 September 1881 – 4 December 1973) was an Anglican priest, theologian, and philosopher. [3]
Born on 22 September 1881 in Camberwell, London, to parents Philip Walter Matthews, a banker, and Sophia Alice Self, he was educated at Wilson's School [4] and trained for the priesthood at King's College London.
He was ordained deacon in 1907 and priest in 1908 [5] and was a curate at St Mary Abbots' Kensington and St Peter's Regent Square. After that he was a lecturer in and then a professor of theology at King's College London. [6] [7] From 1918 he was also Dean of the college. [6] [8] In 1931 he became an Honorary Chaplain to the King [9] and Dean of Exeter. [6] [10] Then in 1934 he became Dean of St Paul's, [6] [11] a post he held for 33 years. At the time of his appointment, he was president-elect of the Modern Churchmen's Union. [12] He was described by his predecessor, William Ralph Inge, as something of an "Orthodox Modernist". [12]
On 2 June 1940 the term "miracle of Dunkirk" was used for the first time by Matthews in a speech. He was praising the rescue of thousands of British soldiers and their allies from being encircled by the German Army in France.
He died on 4 December 1973. [13] [14]
Matthews was an author. Among his works:
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