Julian Percy Thornton-Duesbery was a British Church of England priest and academic.
16 Facts About Julian Thornton-Duesbery
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Julian Thornton-Duesbery was Master of St Peter's Hall, Oxford from 1940 to 1944, and from 1955 to 1968.
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Julian Thornton-Duesbery served as Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, an Anglican theological college, from 1944 to 1955.
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Julian Thornton-Duesbery was educated at Rossall School, then an all-boys public school in Lancashire.
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Julian Thornton-Duesbery then matriculated into Balliol College, Oxford, where he studied classics.
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Julian Thornton-Duesbery obtained first class honours in Honour Moderations in 1923, and first class honours in Literae Humaniores in 1925.
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Julian Thornton-Duesbery then joined Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, where he studied theology.
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Julian Thornton-Duesbery obtained first class honours in 1926 and was awarded the Junior Greek Testament Prize.
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Julian Thornton-Duesbery was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1926 and as a priest in 1927.
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Julian Thornton-Duesbery served at his alma mater, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford as chaplain from 1926 to 1927 and then as Vice-Principal from 1927 to 1933.
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From 1940 to 1945, while Master of St Peter's Hall for the first time, Julian Thornton-Duesbery was Rector of Church of St Peter-le-Bailey, Oxford.
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Julian Thornton-Duesbery was a Select Preacher to the University of Oxford between 1943 and 1945.
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Julian Thornton-Duesbery was appointed Canon Emeritus in 1977 on his retirement.
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From 1928 to 1933, Julian Thornton-Duesbery was a fellow and the librarian of Corpus Christi College, Oxford; this was in addition to his chaplaincy to the college and leadership role at Wycliffe Hall.
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Julian Thornton-Duesbery was invited by Francis Graham Brown, the Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem, to become the Headmaster of St George's School, an Anglican boys school in Jerusalem.
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Julian Thornton-Duesbery replaced John Taylor who had been appointed Bishop of Sodor and Man.