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| The Rev. Owen Chadwick, an educator and prolific historian of Christianity whose works encompassed sweeping narratives, like his two-volume history of the Victorian church, as well as incisive biographies and vivid pictures of rural church life, died on July 17 at his home in Cambridge, England. He was 99. | The Rev. Owen Chadwick, an educator and prolific historian of Christianity whose works encompassed sweeping narratives, like his two-volume history of the Victorian church, as well as incisive biographies and vivid pictures of rural church life, died on July 17 at his home in Cambridge, England. He was 99. |
| Anna Matthews, the vicar of St. Bene’t’s Church in Cambridge, confirmed his death. Professor Chadwick was an ordained Anglican priest. | Anna Matthews, the vicar of St. Bene’t’s Church in Cambridge, confirmed his death. Professor Chadwick was an ordained Anglican priest. |
| Long associated with Cambridge University, Professor Chadwick was master of Selwyn College there for nearly 30 years, beginning in the mid-1950s, and Regius professor of modern history from 1968. | Long associated with Cambridge University, Professor Chadwick was master of Selwyn College there for nearly 30 years, beginning in the mid-1950s, and Regius professor of modern history from 1968. |
| After publishing “John Cassian: A Study in Primitive Monasticism” (1950), about the monk and theologian who brought the ideas of Egyptian monasticism to the West in the fifth century, Professor Chadwick turned out a long series of histories remarkable for their variety, authority and engaging style. | After publishing “John Cassian: A Study in Primitive Monasticism” (1950), about the monk and theologian who brought the ideas of Egyptian monasticism to the West in the fifth century, Professor Chadwick turned out a long series of histories remarkable for their variety, authority and engaging style. |
| “What is memorable about Chadwick’s writing is its pleasing economy and uncluttered clarity of articulation,” John Morrill, a fellow at Selwyn College, wrote in an obituary in The Guardian of London. “He wrote as he spoke: To read him is to hear him.” | “What is memorable about Chadwick’s writing is its pleasing economy and uncluttered clarity of articulation,” John Morrill, a fellow at Selwyn College, wrote in an obituary in The Guardian of London. “He wrote as he spoke: To read him is to hear him.” |
| “The Reformation” (1964), one of two volumes Professor Chadwick wrote for The Penguin History of the Church — the other was “The Christian Church in the Cold War” (1993) — was required reading in colleges for decades. When he and his younger brother, Henry, an eminent historian of the early church, were asked by Oxford University Press to produce a comprehensive history of Christianity, he took on the task of overseeing what turned out to be a 16-volume work, “The Oxford History of the Christian Church.” He contributed three volumes himself: “The Popes and European Revolution” (1981), “A History of the Popes, 1830-1914” (1998) and “The Early Reformation on the Continent” (2001). Henry Chadwick died in 2008. | “The Reformation” (1964), one of two volumes Professor Chadwick wrote for The Penguin History of the Church — the other was “The Christian Church in the Cold War” (1993) — was required reading in colleges for decades. When he and his younger brother, Henry, an eminent historian of the early church, were asked by Oxford University Press to produce a comprehensive history of Christianity, he took on the task of overseeing what turned out to be a 16-volume work, “The Oxford History of the Christian Church.” He contributed three volumes himself: “The Popes and European Revolution” (1981), “A History of the Popes, 1830-1914” (1998) and “The Early Reformation on the Continent” (2001). Henry Chadwick died in 2008. |
| Professor Chadwick was inspired not only by great doctrinal disputes but also by the day-to-day rounds of church life in rural outposts. Characteristically, he produced both “The Victorian Church,” a magisterial history published in two volumes, in 1966 and 1971, and “Victorian Miniature” (1961), the Trollopian account of a feuding country squire and parson, each of whom kept a diary. | Professor Chadwick was inspired not only by great doctrinal disputes but also by the day-to-day rounds of church life in rural outposts. Characteristically, he produced both “The Victorian Church,” a magisterial history published in two volumes, in 1966 and 1971, and “Victorian Miniature” (1961), the Trollopian account of a feuding country squire and parson, each of whom kept a diary. |
| William Owen Chadwick was born on May 20, 1916, in southeast London, where his father was a barrister. After attending Tonbridge School in Kent, he went to St. John’s College in Cambridge to read classics and, just as important by his own account, to play rugby. Known there as Binks, he was a star player and was named captain of the team in his third year. Athletics did not prevent him from earning a degree in history in 1938. | William Owen Chadwick was born on May 20, 1916, in southeast London, where his father was a barrister. After attending Tonbridge School in Kent, he went to St. John’s College in Cambridge to read classics and, just as important by his own account, to play rugby. Known there as Binks, he was a star player and was named captain of the team in his third year. Athletics did not prevent him from earning a degree in history in 1938. |
| Deeply influenced by his teacher Martin Charlesworth, a Christian historian, and by the imprisonment of the theologian Martin Niemöller in Germany, he stayed an extra year to study theology, earning another first-class degree. | Deeply influenced by his teacher Martin Charlesworth, a Christian historian, and by the imprisonment of the theologian Martin Niemöller in Germany, he stayed an extra year to study theology, earning another first-class degree. |
| Professor Chadwick enrolled in Cuddeson, a theological college near Oxford, to study for holy orders. After the Church of England ordained him a deacon in 1940 and a priest the next year, he served for two years as a curate at St. John’s in Huddersfield before becoming chaplain at Wellington College, an independent coeducational institution in Berkshire. | Professor Chadwick enrolled in Cuddeson, a theological college near Oxford, to study for holy orders. After the Church of England ordained him a deacon in 1940 and a priest the next year, he served for two years as a curate at St. John’s in Huddersfield before becoming chaplain at Wellington College, an independent coeducational institution in Berkshire. |
| In 1947 he was named dean of chapel at Trinity Hall in Cambridge, and in 1949 he married Ruth Hallward, who died this year. He is survived by their two sons, Charles and Stephen, and two daughters, Helen and Andre. | In 1947 he was named dean of chapel at Trinity Hall in Cambridge, and in 1949 he married Ruth Hallward, who died this year. He is survived by their two sons, Charles and Stephen, and two daughters, Helen and Andre. |
| Professor Chadwick was named master of Selwyn College in 1956. At the time the college had junior status at the university, but under his leadership it flourished, becoming a constituent college of the university in 1958, the same year he was appointed Dixie professor of ecclesiastical history. The college tripled the number of its fellows, and in 1976 it became the first of Cambridge’s all-male colleges to accept women as students. | Professor Chadwick was named master of Selwyn College in 1956. At the time the college had junior status at the university, but under his leadership it flourished, becoming a constituent college of the university in 1958, the same year he was appointed Dixie professor of ecclesiastical history. The college tripled the number of its fellows, and in 1976 it became the first of Cambridge’s all-male colleges to accept women as students. |
| Professor Chadwick began a two-year term as vice chancellor of the university in 1969, a time of political turmoil and student protests, which he addressed with democratic reforms. After retiring from the university in 1983, he was chancellor of the University of East Anglia from 1985 to 1994. | Professor Chadwick began a two-year term as vice chancellor of the university in 1969, a time of political turmoil and student protests, which he addressed with democratic reforms. After retiring from the university in 1983, he was chancellor of the University of East Anglia from 1985 to 1994. |
| Professor Chadwick played a critical role in church government when, in 1966, he was put at the head of a commission to redefine Parliament’s role in church affairs. When put into effect, the recommendations of the Chadwick Report, as it was known, retained the ties between the Church of England and the state but gave the church greater control over the appointment of bishops. It also ended Parliament’s nominal control over changes in doctrine and ritual, putting power in the hands of a new decision-making body, the General Synod. | Professor Chadwick played a critical role in church government when, in 1966, he was put at the head of a commission to redefine Parliament’s role in church affairs. When put into effect, the recommendations of the Chadwick Report, as it was known, retained the ties between the Church of England and the state but gave the church greater control over the appointment of bishops. It also ended Parliament’s nominal control over changes in doctrine and ritual, putting power in the hands of a new decision-making body, the General Synod. |
| He was made a Fellow of the British Academy in 1962 and served as its president from 1981 to 1985. He was knighted in 1982 and became a member of the Order of Merit the next year. In his later years he spent much time in Cley next the Sea in Norfolk, England, of which he was also priest in charge. | He was made a Fellow of the British Academy in 1962 and served as its president from 1981 to 1985. He was knighted in 1982 and became a member of the Order of Merit the next year. In his later years he spent much time in Cley next the Sea in Norfolk, England, of which he was also priest in charge. |
| Professor Chadwick’s many other works include “The Secularization of the European Mind in the Nineteenth Century” (1976) and biographies of the Victorian religious leader John Henry Newman and Michael Ramsey, the archbishop of Canterbury in the 1960s and 1970s. He also wrote, for the general reader, “A History of Christianity” (1995). |