The Reverend Edward C. Ratcliff
Born	Edward Craddock Ratcliff (1896-12-16)16 December 1896 Streatham, England
Died	30 July 1967(1967-07-30) (aged 70)


Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity (Anglican)
Church	Church of England
Ordained	c. 1922




Academic background
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge
Academic work
Discipline	Theology
Sub-discipline	Liturgics
Institutions	Westcott House Queen's College, Oxford King's College, London St John's College, Cambridge

Edward Craddock Ratcliff (16 December 1896 – 30 July 1967) was an English Anglican priest and liturgical scholar. He was Professor of Liturgical Theology at King's College, London (1945–1947), and Ely Professor of Divinity (1947–1958) and Regius Professor of Divinity (1958–1964) at the University of Cambridge.^[1]

Works

The English Coronation Service (1936)
The Book of Common Prayer: Its Making and Revisions (1949)
The Coronation Service of Queen Elizabeth II (1953)
From Uniformity to Unity (1962)

References

^ "Ratcliff, Rev. Canon Edward Craddock, (16 Dec. 1896–30 June 1967), Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge, 1958–64; Emeritus Professor, since 1964; Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, 1950; Canon Emeritus of Ely Cathedral, 1959". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U47825. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

Obituary, The Times, July 4, 1967.
Edward Craddock Ratcliff: A Bibliography of His Published Works (Alcuin Club, 1967)

Academic offices Preceded byWilliam Telfer Ely Professor of Divinity 1947 – c. 1958 Succeeded byStanley Lawrence Greenslade Preceded byJohn Burnaby Regius Professor of Divinityat the University of Cambridge 1958–1964 Succeeded byDennis Nineham

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University of Oxford	Richard Smyth Peter Martyr Richard Smyth Juan de Villagarcia Richard Smyth Lawrence Humphrey Thomas Holland Robert Abbot John Prideaux Robert Sanderson Robert Crosse Joshua Hoyle John Conant Robert Sanderson William Creed Richard Allestree William Jane John Potter George Rye John Fanshawe Edward Bentham Benjamin Wheeler John Randolph Charles Henry Hall William Howley William Van Mildert Frodsham Hodson Charles Lloyd Edward Burton Renn Hampden William Jacobson Robert Payne Smith James Bowling Mozley William Ince Henry Scott Holland Arthur Headlam Henry Leighton Goudge Oliver Chase Quick Leonard Hodgson Henry Chadwick Maurice Wiles Keith Ward Marilyn McCord Adams Graham Ward
University of Cambridge	Edward Wigan John Madew Martin Bucer John Young Thomas Sedgwick James Pilkington Leonard Pilkington Matthew Hutton John Whitgift William Chaderton William Whitaker John Overall John Richardson Samuel Collins John Arrowsmith Anthony Tuckney Peter Gunning Joseph Beaumont Henry James Richard Bentley John Whalley John Green Thomas Rutherforth Richard Watson John Kaye Thomas Turton Alfred Ollivant James Amiraux Jeremie Brooke Foss Westcott Henry Barclay Swete Vincent Henry Stanton Alexander Nairne Charles Earle Raven Arthur Michael Ramsey John Burnaby Edward C. Ratcliff Dennis Eric Nineham Geoffrey Hugo Lampe Henry Chadwick Stephen Sykes David Frank Ford Ian Alexander McFarland David Fergusson
Trinity College Dublin	Luke Challoner James Ussher Samuel Ward Joshua Hoyle Richard Lingard Michael Ward William Palliser George Browne Owen Lloyd Richard Baldwin Claudius Gilbert Henry Clarke John Pellisier John Lawson James Drought Richard Graves Charles Richard Elrington Joseph Henderson Singer Samuel Butcher George Salmon John Gwynn John Ernest Leonard Oulton Richard Randall Hartford Hugh Frederic Woodhouse

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