1. Eric Symes Abbott KCVO was an English Anglican priest and academic administrator.
18 Facts About Eric Abbott
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Eric Abbott only spent three years in parish ministry, before a career as a chaplain and academic administrator.
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Eric Abbott was warden of Lincoln Theological College from 1936 to 1945, and then dean of King's College, London from 1945 to 1955.
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Eric Abbott moved into secular leadership as warden of Keble College, Oxford from 1956 to 1960.
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Eric Abbott studied classics at Jesus College, Cambridge, attaining a first class in Part I of the Tripos in 1927 and a second class in Part II in 1928.
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Eric Abbott graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1928: as per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts degree in 1932.
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Eric Abbott was awarded a Lambeth Doctor of Divinity degree in 1959.
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From 1928 to 1930, Eric Abbott trained for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge, a liberal Anglo-Catholic theological college.
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Eric Abbott studied theology and a third class honours in part I of the theological Tripos in 1929.
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Eric Abbott was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1930 and as a priest in 1931.
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Eric Abbott was additionally chaplain to Lincoln's Inn, one of the Inns of Court in London, from 1935 to 1936.
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Eric Abbott taught Anglicanism and pastoral theology to the students, and helped prepare them as parish priests.
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Eric Abbott was honoured by being appointed chaplain to King George VI in February 1948, and, following the succession of Queen Elizabeth II to the throne, he was made chaplain to the queen in August 1952.
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In 1956, Eric Abbott was elected as the next warden of Keble College, Oxford; this was the first time the fellows of the college had directly elected their head of college.
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Eric Abbott was not an academic and so his role at the University of Oxford college was as an academic administrator.
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Eric Abbott "encouraged academic excellence" within the college, and consolidated its position within the university.
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Eric Abbott left Oxford in 1960 to take up the post.
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Eric Abbott died at Haslemere in 1983 and his funeral was held in Westminster Abbey.