Vivian Hubert Howard Green (18 November 1915–18 January 2005) was a Fellow and Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford, a priest, author, teacher, and historian. Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade Lincoln College (in full The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints Lincoln) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford A priest or priestess is a person having the authority or power to administer religious rites in particular rites of sacrifice to and propitiation of a deity or deities An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created In Education, a teacher is one who helps Students or pupils often in a School, as well as in a Family, religious or See also History An historian is an individual who studies and writes about History, and is regarded as an Authority on it He was also celebrated for his influence on his student John le Carré when it became known that Green was the model for the spymaster George Smiley in le Carré's novels. John le Carré is the Pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell (born October 19, 1931 in Poole, Dorset, England George Smiley is a Fictional character created by John le Carré.
Green was born in Wembley, Middlesex; his parents, Hubert and Edith Green, owned confectionery shops, first in Wembley, and then on the Isle of Wight. Wembley is an area located in North-West London, England which forms the northern part of the London Borough of Brent. Middlesex is one of the 39 historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The Isle of Wight is an English Island and county in the English Channel between three and five miles (8 km from the south coast of the Strongly encouraged by his mother, Green attended Bradfield College, Berkshire, then won a scholarship to Trinity Hall, Cambridge (1933). Bradfield College is a coeducational Public school located in the small village of Bradfield in the English Trinity Hall is the fifth oldest college of the University of Cambridge, founded in 1350 by William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich. At Trinity Hall, he specialised in ecclesiastical history and became the Lightfoot Scholar. Postgraduate work was done on a Gladstone Scholarship to St Deiniol's Library, Hawarden followed by a period of lecturing on ecclesiastical history at St Augustine's College, Canterbury. St Deiniol's Library ( Welsh: Llyfrgell Deiniol Sant) is a residential Library in Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales. Hawarden ( IPA /ˈhɑdən/ "Harden" Penarlâg is a town in Flintshire, North Wales, approximately 5 miles (as St Augustine's College Canterbury was a Church of England Theological college in Canterbury, Kent that opened in 1848 and closed
Green died in Oxfordshire. History See also History of Oxfordshire The county of Oxfordshire was formed in the early years of the 10th century and is broadly situated in the
Ecclesiastical and academic career
- 1939–1948 Fellow, St Augustine's College, Canterbury
- 1939 Ordained Deacon 1939
- 1940 Ordained Priest
- 1940–1942 Chaplain, Exeter School and St Luke's College, Exeter
- 1942–1951 Chaplain and Assistant Master, Sherborne School
- 1951–1969 Chaplain, Lincoln College, Oxford
- 1951–1983 Fellow and Tutor in History
- 1970–1983 Sub-Rector
- 1972–1973 Acting Rector
- 1983–1987 Rector
- 1987–2005 Honorary Fellow
Published works
- The Hanoverians (1948)
- From St Augustine to William Temple (1948)
- Renaissance and Reformation (1952)
- The Later Plantagenets: A survey of English history between 1307 and 1485 (1955)
- The Young Mr Wesley (1961)
- The Swiss Alps (1961)
- A History of Oxford University (1974)
- The Commonwealth of Lincoln College 1427–1977 (1979)
- Love in a Cool Climate: The Letters of Mark Pattison and Meta Bradley 1879–1884 (1985)
- The Madness of Kings (1993)
- A Question of Guilt: The Murder of Nancy Eaton (1988) — co-written with William Scoular
- A New History of Christianity (2000)
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This article about a historian is a stub. St Augustine's College Canterbury was a Church of England Theological college in Canterbury, Kent that opened in 1848 and closed Exeter School is a selective independent Co-educational day school for children between the ages of 7 and 18 located in Exeter, Devon, England The University of Exeter (usually abbreviated as Exon for post-nominals) is a University in the South West of Sherborne School is a British Independent school for boys located in the town of Sherborne in north-west Dorset, England. Lincoln College (in full The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints Lincoln) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford William Scoular is a stage director writer and filmmaker He was born in Glasgow Scotland and is a graduate of Oxford University where he read English at Lincoln College See also History An historian is an individual who studies and writes about History, and is regarded as an Authority on it You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
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