Hugh Turner (theologian)

Henry Ernest William "Hugh" Turner (14 January 1907 – 14 December 1995) was a Church of England priest, theologian and academic.

Turner was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1931 and a priest in 1932. In 1935, he was elected a fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford. There, between 1935 and 1950, he served as chaplain and was a college tutor in theology.

At Durham University, he was Lightfoot Professor of Divinity from 1950 to 1958 and Van Mildert Professor of Divinity from 1958 to 1973. In 1950, he was appointed a canon of Durham Cathedral and served as its Sub-Dean from 1959 to 1973 (acting Dean in 1973).