Thomas Walter Gilbert (died 1942) was a Church of England clergyman and College Principal. Gilbert studied at

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Oxford, receiving a first class degree in Modern History in 1905, a B.D. in 1912, and a D.D. in 1923. After studying at

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, he was ordained deacon in 1906, and priested in the following year. He was appointed Curate of St Clements, Oxford, 1906–1908. He was Rector successively of: St Nicholas with St Runwald,

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, 1908–1913; St Clements, Oxford, 1913–1918; and Bradfield with Buckhold, 1918–1926. He acted as Examining Chaplain to the

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from 1924 to 1931. He took up the post of Principal of St John's College, Highbury in 1926, and was Dean of the Theology Faculty of the

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from 1940. He died in office in 1942.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gilbert, Thomas 19th-century births 1942 deaths Year of birth missing Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Alumni of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford St John's College, Nottingham Academics of the University of London