Alan Richardson, KBE (1905–1975^[1]) was a British Anglican priest and academic. From 1964 to 1975, he served as Dean of York.

Early life and education

Richardson was educated at Liverpool University, Exeter College, Oxford and Ridley Hall, Cambridge.^[2]

Ordained ministry

Ordained in 1928^[3] his first post was as a curate at St Saviour's Liverpool. He was Vicar of Cambo and then Secretary of the Student Christian Movement. Later he was a canon of Durham Cathedral then Professor of Christian Theology at the University of Nottingham from 1953 until 1964 when he accepted the position as Dean of York, a post he held until his death.^[4][5]

Selected works

Richardson published extensively. Among his books were:

• Creeds in the Making (1935), reprint 1980
• The Redemption of Modernism (1935)
• History and the Kingdom of God (1939)
• The Miracle Stories of the Gospels (1941)
• Christian Apologetics (1947)
• A Theological Word Book of the Bible (editor) (1950)
• The Gospel And Modern Thought (1950)
• The Teacher's Commentary, revised edition, (co-editor) (1955), published in North America by Harper & Bros. as The Twentieth Century Bible Commentary
• An Introduction to the Theology of the New Testament (1958) revised 1972 (ISBN 978-0334007098)
• History, sacred and profane, 1962 Bampton Lectures (1964)
• A Dictionary of Christian Theology (1969), revised by John Bowden (1983) (ISBN 978-0664227487)
• The Political Christ (1973)

Styles

• Mr Alan Richardson (1905–1928)
• The Revd Alan Richardson (1928–1943)
• The Revd Canon Alan Richardson (1943–1953)
• The Revd Professor Alan Richardson (1953–1964)
• The Very Revd Alan Richardson (1964–1975)