Sarah Foot has been Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Oxford since 2007, and Dean of Christ Church, Oxford since 2023.
16 Facts About Sarah Foot
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Sarah Foot was educated until 1979 at Withington Girls' School in Manchester.
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Sarah Foot then went up to Newnham College, Cambridge, to study at the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic, where she was taught by, amongst others, Rosamond McKitterick and Simon Keynes, completing the Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic tripos in 1983.
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Sarah Foot graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1984; as per tradition, her BA was promoted to a Master of Arts.
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Sarah Foot was, from 1989 to 1990, research fellow at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, before becoming a fellow and tutor there.
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Sarah Foot is the first woman ever to hold this chair.
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The professorship is annexed to a canonry at Christ Church, although the post-holder need be only a layperson; at a special ceremony on 6 October 2007 Sarah Foot was installed as residentiary canon of the cathedral.
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From 2007 to 2017, Sarah Foot was a lay canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
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Sarah Foot trained for Holy Orders on the Oxford Ministry Course, a part-time course taught at Ripon College Cuddesdon.
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Sarah Foot was a non-stipendiary minister at Christ Church Cathedral from 2017 to 2019.
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Sarah Foot is the first woman to serve in the role.
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Sarah Foot took up the appointment effective 1 July 2023, and was installed at the cathedral during a service on 8 July.
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Sarah Foot contributed to an episode of BBC Radio 4's In Our Time on the life of St Cuthbert, broadcast in January 2021.
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In 1986, Sarah Foot married Geoffrey Schrecker; they divorced in 1999.
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In 2001, Sarah Foot was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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Sarah Foot served as president of the Ecclesiastical History Society from 2011 to 2012.