Walter Matthews (priest)

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Early life and education

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 SchoolTemplate:Sfnm and trained for the priesthood at King's College London.

Ordained ministry

He was ordained deacon in 1907 and priest in 1908[2] 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.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[3] From 1918 he was also Dean of the college.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[4] In 1931 he became an Honorary Chaplain to the King[5] and Dean of Exeter.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[6] Then in 1934 he became Dean of St Paul's,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[7] a post he held for 33 years. At the time of his appointment, he was president-elect of the Modern Churchmen's Union.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He was described by his predecessor, William Ralph Inge, as something of an "Orthodox Modernist".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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.[8][9]

Published works

Matthews was an author. Among his works:

References

Citations

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Works cited

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Church of England titles
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Non-profit organization positions
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