John Lowe (Dean of Christ Church)

The Very Reverend Professor John Lowe (1899–1960) was Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, England (1939–59) and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1948–51).^[1]

Life

Born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, he studied at University of Trinity College, Toronto and went on to the University of Oxford as a Rhodes scholar (1922). He returned to the University of Trinity College, where he taught for twelve years, serving as Dean of Divinity (1933–39), before taking up his post at Christ Church, Oxford.

Selected works

• The Lord's prayer (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1962)
• Saint Peter (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956)
• The interpretation of the Lord's prayer (Evanston: Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, 1955)
• Diocese of Oxford: The cathedral handbook (Oxford: n.p., 1955)

References

1. ^ "Previous Vice-Chancellors". University of Oxford, UK. http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/vc/position/previousvice-chancellors/. Retrieved July 13, 2011. 

Further reading

• The Munificent Monsieur, Time, 27 September 1948.
• A Question of Continuity, Time, 15 November 1948.

External links

• Details about portraits at the National Portrait Gallery

Academic offices
Preceded by Alwyn Williams	Dean of Christ Church, Oxford 1939–1959	Succeeded by Cuthbert Aikman Simpson
Preceded by William Teulon Swan Stallybrass	Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1948–1951	Succeeded by Maurice Bowra

Persondata
Name	Lowe, John
Alternative names
Short description	Academic administrator and clergyman
Date of birth	1899
Place of birth	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Date of death	1960
Place of death