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A riches to rags tale interview with author david edwards
David Lawrence Edwards (born 1929) is a retired Anglican priest. He was the Dean of Norwich, Provost of Southwark and a prolific author.
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- A riches to rags tale interview with author david edwards
- David edwards frank shelton
- Education
- Academic career and ministry
- Honours
- Writings
- References
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Education
Edwards was educated at the King's School, Canterbury, and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he took a BA in 1952 and MA in 1956.
Academic career and ministry
Edwards was elected a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, for a seven-year period from 1952 to 1959. He spent the academic year of 1953–54 studying at Westcott House, Cambridge, and was ordained deacon in 1954. He served as a tutor at Westcott House (1954–55) and he was ordained priest in 1955.
In 1955, Edwards began his ordained ministry as an assistant curate at St John's, Hampstead, and also began his work with the Student Christian Movement as its secretary, remaining in both positions until 1958.
Edwards was assistant curate of St Martin-in-the-Fields (1958–66), editor for the Student Christian Movement Press (1959–66) and General Secretary of the Student Christian Movement (1965–66).
From 1966 until 1970, Edwards was the Dean of King's College, Cambridge. He was also a Six Preacher of Canterbury Cathedral (1969–76).
Edwards was a canon of Westminster Abbey and the rector of St. Margaret's, Westminster (1970–78). He was additionally Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons (1972–78) and Sub-Dean of Westminster Abbey (1974–78). He was Chairman of the Churches' Council on Gambling (1970–78) and of Christian Aid (1971–78). He was the Dean of Norwich from 1978 to 1983 and the Provost of Southwark from 1983 to 1994.
Edwards retired to Winchester, becoming an honorary chaplain at Winchester Cathedral in 1995.
Honours
In 1990 the Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, conferred upon him the Lambeth degree of Doctor of Divinity. He wore the academic dress of his former headmaster, Fred Shirley (who had himself been a Doctor of Divinity) and of whom Edwards wrote a biography, F. J. Shirley: An Extraordinary Headmaster (1969).
Also in 1990, Edwards was appointed an honorary fellow of the South Bank Polytechnic (later South Bank University and now called London South Bank University).
In 1995, Queen Elizabeth II appointed Edwards an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
Writings
Edwards has written more than 60 books, including:
The most recent include: