Hugh Frederic Woodhouse

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Hugh Frederic Woodhouse, D.D. (Dublin 1912 - Vancouver 2010) [1] was Regius Professor of Divinity at Trinity College Dublin from 1963 to 1982. [2] [3]

Wodehouse was educated at Trinity College Dublin and ordained in 1938. After curacies in Belfast and Bangor he held incumbencies at Aghalee and Newtownards. [4] He was Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Wycliffe College, Toronto from 1951 to 1954; Principal of the Anglican Theology College in Vancouver from 1954 to 1959; and Professor of Dogmatic theology at the University of King's College, Halifx, NS from 1959 until his Regius appointment. He was elected Fellow of TCD in 1974.

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  1. ↑ "Hugh WOODHOUSE Obituary - Vancouver, BC | The Vancouver Sun". legacy.com. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Maura (21 October 2006). "University and College Officers" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Obituary: The Rev. Hugh Frederic Woodhouse: 1912-2010 – Anglican Journal". anglicanjournal.com. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980-1982 p318 Oxford, OUP, 1983 ISBN   0192000101


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