John Watts Ditchfield
John Edwin Watts-Ditchfield (17 September 1861 – 14 July 1923)[1] was an eminent 20th century Anglican priest and distinguished author.[2]
Educated at the Victoria University of Manchester[3] and ordained in 1891,[4] he began his career with a Curacy at St Peter Highgate after which he was Vicar of St James-the-Less, Bethnal Green.[5] Following this he was a Lecturer in Pastoral Theology at Cambridge University until his appointment to the episcopate as the inaugural Bishop of Chelmsford,[6] dying in post. There is a statue to him within Chelmsford Cathedral.[7] He had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD).
References
- ^ Obituary First Bishop Of Chelmsford The Times Monday, 16 July 1923; pg. 14; Issue 43394; col B
- ^ Amongst others he wrote "Fishers of Men", 1899; "Liturgies for Men’s Services", 1901; "Here and Hereafter", 1911; "The Church in Action", 1913; "Reservation", 1917; and "The Church and Her Problems", 1920, British Library web site accessed 7:55 GMT Saturday 28 November 2009
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
- ^ Telephone Lodge Archived 9 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Dats in Essex History Archived 6 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cathedral web-site Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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