Hugh Turner (theologian)
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Henry Ernest William "Hugh" Turner (14 January 1907 – 14 December 1995) was a Church of England priest, theologian and academic.
Turner was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1931 and a priest in 1932.[1] In 1935, he was elected a fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford. There, between 1935 and 1950, he served as chaplain and was a college tutor in theology.[2]
At Durham University, he was Lightfoot Professor of Divinity from 1950 to 1958 and Van Mildert Professor of Divinity from 1958 to 1973. In 1950, he was appointed a canon of Durham Cathedral and served as its Sub-Dean from 1959 to 1973 (acting Dean in 1973).[2]
