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CHADWICK, (William) Owen, 1987 - 2018

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0276/SEHR/2/CHAD

Scope and Contents

Mini biography and other details of career; also programme for honorary degree ceremony including Owen Chadwick 1987; oral history interview and discussion on BBC Radio 4 Last Word after his death in 2015; orders of servce for his funeral service in 2015 and memorial service in 2016; article written for St John's annual publication; memorial by Eamon Duffy on unveiling of plaque for Owen Chadwick and his brother Henry in Westminster Abbey on 1st February 2018

Dates

  • Creation: 1987 - 2018

Biographical / Historical

20 May 1916-July 2015, British Professor, writer and prominent theologian. Attended Tonbridge School, St John's College, Cambridge, Ripon College Oxford. Elected Fellow of Trinity Hall in 1947 and Master of Selwyn in 1956. During this time he chaired the Archbishops' Commision on Church and State 1967-71 and was Regius Professor of Modern History between 1968-1982 and was Vice Chancellor in the early 1970s. He retired as Master in 1983. He had been made Knight of the British Empire in 1982 and Order of Merit in 1983. He was later awarded an Honorary Degree at Wales in 1993

Extent

1 archive box(es) (1 box) : paper and electronic

3 file(s)

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Programme for honorary degree ceremony including Owen Chadwick from Derek Balance May 2007 (2006-07/33)

Related Materials

Portrait of Chadwick in Hall - see image on disk of portraits and also other image of photograph of portrait sent by enquirer, Oct 2005; SEAR/1/2/2/65 correspondence with Chadwick as Master including letter from Buckingham Palace about the loyal toast; SEAR/9/2/2 for order of service for funeral 2015

Date information

DateText: 1987, 2005-6, 2016, 2018.

Finding aid date

2005-06-29 09:54:13+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Selwyn College Archives Repository

Contact:
The College Archivist
Selwyn College Archives
Selwyn College, Grange Road
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DQ United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 762014