Alan Avery Allen Horsley is a retired Anglican priest and author[1] in the 20th century.
He was born on 13 May 1936, educated at St Chad's College, Durham[2] and Queen's College, Edgbaston and ordained in 1961.[3] His first posts were curacies in Daventry, Reading and Wokingham. He then held incumbencies at Yeadon, Heyford and Stowe, Oakham and Lanteglos-by-Fowey. He was Provost of St Andrew's Cathedral, Inverness from 1988 to 1991[4] and finally Rural Dean of Rickmansworth until his retirement in 2001.