Eric Jay

Eric George Jay[1] (1 March 1907 - 7 February 1989)was an Anglican priest,[2] academic[3] and author[4] in the Twentieth Century.[5]

Jay was educated at the University of Leeds and the College of the Resurrection; and ordained in 1931. After a curacy in Stockport he was a Lecturer at King's College London. He was a Chaplain in the RAFVR from 1940 until[6] 1946 and Priest in charge of St Clement Danes from 1945 until 1947. Dean of Nassau from 1948 to 1951.[7] He was Senior Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1951[8] to 1958; Principal of the Montreal Diocesan Theological College from 1958 to 1964; and Dean of the Faculty (academic staff)Faculty of Divinity at McGill University from 1964 to 1970.

References

  1. ↑ NPG details
  2. ↑ London Gazette
  3. ↑ Rev Canon Eric Jay. The Times (London, England), Thursday, February 16, 1989; pg. 18; Issue 63319
  4. ↑ Amongst others he wrote "The Existence of God", 1946; "Origen’s Treatise on Prayer", 1954; "New Testament Greek; an Introductory Grammar", 1958; "Son of Man, Son of God", 1965; and "The Church: its changing image through twenty centuries", 1977 > British Library accessed 17:32 GMT Friday 30 October 2015
  5. ↑ ‘JAY, Rev. Canon Eric George’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 30 Oct 2015
  6. ↑ British Military Lists
  7. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1951/52 p675 Oxford, OUP, 1952
  8. ↑ Church Appointments. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jun 26, 1951; pg. 6; Issue 52037


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