Alma mater Christ Church, Oxford Religion Church of England | Name Thomas Strong | |
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Preceded by Charles Buller Heberden Succeeded by Herbert Edward Douglas Blakiston Born 24 October 1861 ( 1861-10-24 ) Died 8 July 1944(1944-07-08) (aged 82) | ||
Thomas Banks Strong (24 October 1861 – 8 July 1944) was an English theologian who was Bishop of Ripon and Oxford. He was also Dean of Christ Church, Oxford and served as Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University during the First World War.
Thomas Strong was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he received a second-class degree in Literae Humaniores in 1883. He became a deacon in 1885 and a priest in 1886. At Christ Church, Strong was successively Lecturer (1884), Student (1888), Censor (1892), and then Dean (1901–1920). He received the degree Doctor of Divinity (DD) from the University of Oxford in January 1902.
In 1920 he was appointed Bishop of Ripon, and in 1925 he transferred as Bishop of Oxford, serving as such, and as Clerk of the Closet until 1937.
Strong produced a number of theological publications.
He became a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in 1918. He was buried at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, where there is a memorial stone with a Latin inscription.