Norman Rathbone

British priest (1914–1995)

Norman Stanley Rathbone (8 September 1914[1] – 13 July 1995) was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 20th century.[2]

He was educated at Rugby and Christ's College, Cambridge[3] and ordained in 1939.[4] He was Curate then Vicar of St Mary Magdalen, Coventry and after that a Canon Residentiary at Lincoln Cathedral. In 1969 he became Dean of Hereford,[5] a post he held until his retirement in 1981.

He is buried in Dore Abbey churchyard.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ [familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZ8-1PCD England and Wales Death Registration: Norman Stanley Rathbone]
  2. ^ London Gazette
  3. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  4. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  5. ^ Hereford Cathedral: a history” Aylmer, G/Tiller,J: London, Hambledon, 2000 ISBN 1-85285-194-5
  6. ^ The Times, Tuesday, 14 July 1981; p. 14; Issue 60979; col A Church news
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