Charles Cranfield
Born
Charles Ernest Burland Cranfield

(1915-09-13)13 September 1915
Winchmore Hill, North London, England
Died27 February 2015(2015-02-27) (aged 99)
Durham, England
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Theologian, academic, and Christian minister
Board member ofFellow of the British Academy
SpouseRuth Bole
AwardsBurkitt Medal for Biblical Studies
Academic background
EducationMill Hill School
Jesus College, Cambridge
Wesley House
Academic work
DisciplineBiblical studies
Sub-disciplineNew Testament studies
InstitutionsUniversity of Durham
Notable worksCommentary on Romans

Charles Ernest Burland Cranfield, FBA (13 September 1915 – 27 February 2015) was a British theologian, academic, and Christian minister.

Biography

Cranfield was born in Winchmore Hill, London on 13 September 1915 to parents Charles Ernest Cranfield (a town clerk and Methodist preacher) and Beatrice Mary, née Tubbs (an artist). Cranfield attended Mill Hill School and gained a first class degree in classics in 1936 from Jesus College, Cambridge. he went on to study Theology at Wesley House, Cambridge until 1939.[1]

He was ordained as a Methodist minister in 1941, served as a military chaplain during the Second World War, and then worked with prisoners-of-war and as a parish minister during the post-war period. He moved into academia and was appointment a lecturer in theology at the University of Durham in 1950. He was awarded a personal chair as Professor of Theology in 1978, and maintained his links with the university as Emeritus Professor from his retirement in 1980. He moved away from Methodism and became a minister in the Presbyterian Church of England (which later became the United Reformed Church) in 1954.[2][3][4][5][6]

On 7 April 1953, Cranfield married Ruth Elizabeth Gertrude Bole in Bath. They had twin daughters who both went on to become Church of Scotland ministers. Cranfield died on 27 February 2015 as a result of pneumonia and was buried at South Road Cemetery.[1]

Honours

In 1982, Cranfield was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[6] He was awarded the 1989 Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies by the British Academy.[7]

Works

References

  1. ^ a b Torrance, Iain, R. (10 January 2019). "Cranfield, Charles Ernest Burlandun (1915–2015)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.111801.((cite journal)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Cranfield, Rev. Prof. Charles Ernest Burland". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2016. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U12243. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  3. ^ Wright, Tom (5 March 2015). "The Reverend Professor Charles E. B. Cranfield (1915-2015)". Fulcrum Anglican. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  4. ^ "The Revd Professor Charles Cranfield | Northern Synod". urc-northernsynod.org. The Northern Synod of the United Reformed Church. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Charles Cranfield - In Memoriam". Department of Theology and Religion. Durham University. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  6. ^ a b Dunn, James D. G. (2016). "Charles Ernest Burland Cranfield 1915–2015" (PDF). Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy (XV): 187–204.
  7. ^ "Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies" (PDF). The British Academy (pdf). Retrieved 28 November 2018.
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