Harold Claude Noel Williams (6 December 1914 [1] – 5 April 1990), commonly known as H. C. N. Williams or Bill Williams, was an Anglican priest and author.
Williams was born in Grahamstown, South Africa and educated at Graeme College ( South Africa) and Durham University, where he was a Theological Exhibitioner at Hatfield College. [2]
He was ordained in 1938 and began his ministry as a curate at St Mary with St Paul's Weeke near Winchester in England. [3] From 1941 to 1949 he was Principal of St Matthew's College in South Africa. He then returned to England and held incumbencies at St Bartholomew's Hyde, Winchester [4] and St Mary's, Southampton. In 1958 he became Provost of the Cathedral Church of St Michael, Coventry, a position he held for 23 years. [5] [6] [7]
Writings
- African Folk Songs, 1948
- Vision of Duty, 1963
- Twentieth Century Cathedral: An Examination of the Role of Cathedrals in the Strategy of the Church in the Changing Pattern of a Twentieth Century Community, 1964 [8]
- Coventry Cathedral and its Ministry, 1965 [9]
- Coventry Cathedral in Action, 1968 [10]
- Basics and Variables: The Future of the Church in the Modern World, 1970 [11]
- The Latter Glory: The Story of Coventry Cathedral, 1978 [12]
- Order My Steps in Thy Way, 1982
- Building A Community, 1990 (publ.2012)
References
- ^ Who was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ "Hatfield College". Durham University Calendar 1938-9: 411. 1939. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1940-41, Oxford, OUP, 1941
- ^ Building a Community Docuracy Ltd., 2012 ISBN 978-1475268485
- ^ The Times, 1 May 1958, p12, "Ecclesiastical News"
- ^ Anglican Archives, archived from the original on 10 April 2013, retrieved 28 March 2014
- ^ "Provost to retire". The Times, 29 May 1981, p14
- ^ Harold C. N. Williams (1964). Twentieth Century Cathedral: An Examination of the Role of Cathedrals in the Strategy of the Church in the Changing Pattern If a Twentieth Century Community. Hodder and Stoughton.
- ^ Harold Claude Noël Williams; Richard Sadler (1966). Coventry Cathedral. A Guide to Coventry Cathedral and Its Ministry... Photogr. by Richard Sadler... Hodder & Stoughton.
- ^ H. C. N. Williams (1968). Coventry Cathedral in Action. Religious Education Press, Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-08-006317-1.
- ^ H. C. N. Williams (1970). Basics and Variables: The Future of the Church in the Modern World. Religious Education Press. ISBN 978-0-08-016117-4.
- ^ H. C. N. Williams (1982). The Latter Glory: The Story of Coventry Cathedral. Whitehorn Press.
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