Hugh Turner

Henry Ernest William "Hugh" Turner (14 January 1907 – 14 December 1995) was an English Anglican priest, theologian, and academic. Having served his curacy in the Diocese of Carlisle, Turner spent most of the next four decades of his ordained ministry as a scholar priest. From 1935 to 1950, he served as a fellow and tutor in theology at Lincoln College, Oxford: he also held other appointments at his college, including chaplain, librarian and senior tutor. He served as a Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve chaplain during the Second World War. In 1950, Tutner moved to Durham in North East England, where he joined its university as Lightfoot Professor of Divinity and its cathedral as a Canon Residentiary. He changed chairs in 1958, and served as Van Mildert Professor of Divinity until his retirement in 1974. He additionally served as Sub-Dean of Durham Cathedral from 1959 to 1974. Early life and education Turner was born on 14 January 1907 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. He was educated at King Edward VII School, then an all-boys school in Sheffield. He studied Mods and Literae Humaniores (i.e. classics) at St John's College, Oxford, and graduated with a first class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1929: as per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) degree in 1933. He then entered Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, an evangelical Anglican theological college, to train for ordained ministry and to study theology. Following ordination, he continued his studies at Lincoln College, Oxford, and completed a Bachelor of Divinity (BD) degree in 1940 and a Doctor of Divinity (DD) degree in 1955.