Gilbert Thurlow

The Very Rev Alfred Gilbert Goddard Thurlow (6 April 1911 – 24 April 1991) was an Anglican dean and author in the last third of the 20th century.

He was educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge and ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1935. He was Curate of All Saints, Wokingham then Precentor of Norwich Cathedral until 1955. He then held Norfolk incumbencies in Norwich and Great Yarmouth before becoming a Canon Residentiary at Norwich Cathedral, a post he held until elevation to the Gloucester Deanery in 1972- a post he held for a decade. He spent his retirement in Chichester.