Norman Rathbone Explained

Norman Stanley Rathbone (8 September 1914[1] – 13 July 1995) was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 20th century.[2]

He was educated at Rugby and Christ's College, Cambridge[3] and ordained in 1939.[4] He was Curate then Vicar of St Mary Magdalen, Coventry and after that a Canon Residentiary at Lincoln Cathedral. In 1969 he became Dean of Hereford,[5] a post he held until his retirement in 1981.

He is buried in Dore Abbey churchyard.[6]

Notes

  1. familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZ8-1PCD England and Wales Death Registration: Norman Stanley Rathbone
  2. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/44837/pages/4481/page.pdf London Gazette
  3. [Who's Who (UK)|“Who was Who”]
  4. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  5. Hereford Cathedral: a history” Aylmer, G/Tiller,J: London, Hambledon, 2000
  6. [The Times]