Thomas Strong (bishop), Date of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Strong (bishop)

Theologian, academic administrator, and bishop

Date of Birth: 24-Oct-1861

Date of Death: 08-Jul-1944

Profession: priest, deacon, Anglican priest

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Thomas Banks Strong (24 October 1861 – 8 July 1944) was an English theologian who was Bishop of Ripon and Oxford.
He was also Dean of Christ Church, Oxford and served as Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University during the First World War.Thomas Strong was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he received a second-class degree in Literae Humaniores in 1883.
He became a deacon in 1885 and a priest in 1886.
At Christ Church, Strong was successively Lecturer (1884), Student (1888), Censor (1892), and then Dean (1901–1920).
He received the degree Doctor of Divinity (DD) from the University of Oxford in January 1902.In 1920 he was appointed Bishop of Ripon, and in 1925 was translated as Bishop of Oxford, serving as such, and as Clerk of the Closet and Chancellor of the Order of the Garter until 1937. Strong produced a number of theological publications.He became a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in 1918. He was buried at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, where there is a memorial stone with a Latin inscription.



Alternative names	Orpen, Sir William Newenham Montague, Gulielmus Orpen
Description	Irish painter
Date of birth/death	27 November 1878	29 September 1931
Location of birth/death	Stillorgan, County Dublin	London
Work location	London
Authority control	: Q922483 VIAF: 13403558 ISNI: 0000 0000 8092 9602 ULAN: 500012943 LCCN: n81102759 NLA: 36313528 WorldCat