Frederick William Dillistone (9 May 1903 – 5 October 1993) was the second

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. Dillistone was educated at

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and

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. Ordained in 1928, he began his ecclesiastical career with a

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at St Jude's

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. Later, he was a

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and then

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of St Andrew's in the same city. From 1938 to 1945 he was

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at Wycliffe College, Toronto, and Vice Principal of London College of Divinity from 1945-1947. From then until 1952 he was Professor of Theology at the

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. Moving back to

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he was

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and

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from 1952 to 1956 and then its Dean until 1963. From 1964 until his retirement in 1970, he was

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and

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. In 1968, he delivered the

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under the title 'Traditional Symbols and the Contemporary World'. An eminent author, he died at the age of 90 years. He was known to friends as 'Dilly'.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dillistone, Frederick William Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford English Anglican theologians Church of England deans Deans of Liverpool Episcopal Divinity School faculty Fellows of Oriel College, Oxford 1903 births 1993 deaths 20th-century Anglican theologians