Howard Eugene Root (13 April 1926 – 19 November 2007) was an American-born British

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priest, theologian, and academic. He was Professor of Theology at the

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from 1966 to 1981, and Director of the

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and Counsellor on Vatican affairs to Archbishop of Canterbury from 1981 to 1991. Root was educated at the

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in ...

(BA, 1945),

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(BA, 1951),

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(MA, 1953), and

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(MA, 1970). He trained for ordination at Ripon Hall, Oxford, and was ordained deacon in 1953 and priest in 1954. He taught at Cambridge from 1953 to 1966, and was a Fellow of

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from 1954 to 1966 and Dean of Emmanuel from 1956 to 1966. He was a delegated observer to the

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.''Crockford's Clerical Directory'', 99th Edition, 2006-07, p 697.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Root, Howard 1926 births 2007 deaths 20th-century American Episcopal priests 20th-century English Anglican priests Academics of the University of Southampton