Sykes, Stephen

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Sykes, Stephen
Other forms of name
Sykes, S. W. (Stephen Whitefield)
Date of birth
1939-08-01
Date of death
2014-09-25
Occupation
College teachers
Bishops
College administrators
Deans (Education)
Theologians
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
Dean of St. John's College, Cambridge, Eng.
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q7610630
Library of congress: n 50012802
HAI10: 000272533
Sources of Information
  • 678 field information, viewed Oct. 9, 2014(Dean of St. John's College, Cambridge, Eng.)
  • Authority in the Anglican communion, 1987:t.p. (Stephen W. Sykes) Can CIP (Sykes, S. W. (Stephen Whitefield)) p. 7 (S. W. Sykes; Regius Prof. of Divinity, U. of Cambridge)
  • Telegraph (online), viewed Oct. 9, 2014(the Rt. Rev. Stephen Sykes; b. Stephen Whitefield Sykes, Aug. 1, 1939; d. Sept. 24, 2014; scholar-priest who successfully took on the see of Ely with no previous experience of ministry in a parish)
  • His Friedrich Schleiermacher, 1971.
  • Authority in the Anglican communion, 1987:t.p. (Stephen W. Sykes) Can CIP (Skyes, S. W. (Stephen Whitefield)) p. 7 (S. W. Sykes; Regius Prof. of Divinity, U. of Cambridge)
  • Unashamed Anglicanism, 1995:CIP t.p. (Stephen Sykes) data sheet (b. 08-01-39)

Wikipedia description:

Stephen Whitefield Sykes (1 August 1939 – 24 September 2014) was a Church of England bishop and academic specialising in divinity. He was Van Mildert Professor of Divinity at Durham University from 1974 to 1985, and Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University from 1985 to 1990. Between 1990 and 1999, he served as the Bishop of Ely, the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Ely. He was the Principal of St John's College, Durham from 1999 to 2006. He served as an Honorary Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Durham during his time as head of St John's College and in retirement.

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