Victor de Waal
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Victor Alexander de Waal (born 2 February 1929)[1] is a British Anglican priest. He was the Dean of Canterbury from 1976 to 1986.
Early life
Victor de Waal was born in Amsterdam, the son of Hendrik de Waal, a Dutch businessman, and Elisabeth of the Ephrussi family. His mother was born to a well-known Jewish family at the Ephrussi Palace in Vienna. Although she converted to Christianity this did not protect her from the racial policy of Nazi Germany.[2] Before the outbreak of World War II, the family moved to Britain and stayed there after the war, though retaining for many years their Dutch citizenship.[3]
The family came to live in Tunbridge Wells when he was a boy and he was educated at Tonbridge School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. His second cousin once removed was the Right Revd Hugo de Waal, Bishop of Thetford.[4]
Career
He served as chaplain of King's College, Cambridge from 1959 to 1963 and the University of Nottingham from 1963 to 1969,[5] and chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral.
From 1976 to 1986, he served as the Dean of Canterbury.[6][7]
He helped with the research into his family history by his son, Edmund de Waal, which culminated in the book The Hare with Amber Eyes.[8]
De Waal is an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Birmingham.[9]
Personal life
He married Esther Aline Lowndes-Moir, author (as Esther de Waal) of books on spirituality, especially Celtic. Among their sons are John de Waal, a barrister; Alex de Waal (born 1963), a writer on Africa; Edmund de Waal (born 1964), a ceramic artist; and Thomas de Waal (born 1966), a writer. He later separated from his wife.[10]
Works
- What is the Church, 1969, SCM Press.
- The Politics of Reconciliation - Zimbabwe's first decade, 1990
References
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External links
- Obituary of his cousin Hugo de Waal (1935–2007), former Bishop of Thetford.
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- 1929 births
- Living people
- Deans of Canterbury
- Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge
- Anglican chaplains
- University and college chaplains in the United Kingdom
- British people of Austrian-Jewish descent
- British people of Dutch descent
- Dutch emigrants to England
- Dutch people of Austrian descent
- Dutch people of Jewish descent
- Ephrussi family
- People educated at Tonbridge School
- People from Royal Tunbridge Wells