Owen Chadwick, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Owen Chadwick

English academic and rugby union player

Date of Birth: 20-May-1916

Place of Birth: Bromley, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 17-Jul-2015

Profession: historian, theologian, university teacher, Anglican priest, rugby union player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

William Owen Chadwick (20 May 1916 – 17 July 2015) was a British Anglican priest, academic, rugby international, writer and prominent historian of Christianity.
As a leading academic, Chadwick became Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History from 1958 to 1968 and Regius Professor of History from 1968 to 1983.
From 1956 to 1983, Chadwick was elected and served as the Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge. In his obituaries, Chadwick was described as "one of the great religious historians of our time" by The Independent, and as "one of the most remarkable men of letters of the 20th century" by The Guardian.