Edward Craddock Ratcliff (16 December 1896 – 30 July 1967) was an English

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priest and liturgical scholar. He was Professor of Liturgical Theology at

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(1945–1947), and

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(1947–1958) and

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(1958–1964) at the

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Works

*''The English Coronation Service'' (1936) *''The Book of Common Prayer: Its Making and Revisions'' (1949) *''The Coronation Service of Queen Elizabeth II'' (1953) *''From Uniformity to Unity'' (1962)

References

*Obituary, ''The Times'', July 4, 1967. *''Edward Craddock Ratcliff: A Bibliography of His Published Works'' (

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, 1967) 1896 births 1967 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Regius Professors of Divinity (University of Cambridge) Anglican liturgists 20th-century English male writers Ely Professors of Divinity {{England-theologian-stub

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