Rodney Hunter (1933–2006) was an English canon in the Anglican Church, serving as Chaplain at

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, Oxford (1962-1965), and Priest-Librarian at

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(1961-1965). He was educated at

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and

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. Much of his career was spent in Southern Africa, where he taught at St John the Evangelist Anglican Seminary in Zambia (1965-1974), and worked in Malawi from 1974 until his death in 2006. Hunter was a staunch supporter of traditional religious and theological views within the Anglican Communion, and it has been suggested that he was murdered by poison after a dispute over the appointment of a socially liberal Bishop to the See of Lake Malawi.

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1936 births 20th-century English Anglican priests 2006 deaths English Anglican missionaries Anglican missionaries in Malawi British expatriates in Malawi Alumni of the University of Oxford {{UK-Anglican-clergy-stub