Robin Woods was the Bishop of Worcester from 1971 to 1982.
11 Facts About Robin Woods
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Robin Woods previously served as Archdeacon of Sheffield from 1958 to 1962, and as Dean of Windsor from 1962 to 1970.
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Robin Woods was the brother of the photographer Janet Woods, Samuel Woods, an archdeacon in New Zealand, and Frank Woods, Archbishop of Melbourne, and a nephew of Theodore Woods, who had served as Bishop of Winchester.
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Robin Woods was educated at The New Beacon, Gresham's School, Holt, and Trinity College, Cambridge.
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Robin Woods was ordained a deacon of the Church of England in 1938 and a priest in 1939.
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Robin Woods was Assistant Secretary of the Student Christian Movement between 1937 and 1942.
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Robin Woods served in the British Army during World War II from 1942 to 1946.
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Robin Woods's ashes are buried in the cloisters of Worcester Cathedral.
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Robin Woods married Henrietta Marian Wilson, in 1942, and they had two sons and three daughters.
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Robin Woods's widow died on 8 February 2005, at the age of 88.
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Robin Woods was portrayed by Tim McMullan in the Netflix series The Crown, although his appointment as Dean of Windsor appears to be set around the time of the first Moon landing in 1969.