Graham Neville

Background

Graham Neville was born on June 30, 1922 in London, United Kingdom.

Education

Graham Neville attended Corpus Christi College and Chichester Theological College. In 1971 he got a graduate certificate of education from the University of London. Graham also held Bachelor of Divinity and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Cambridge University.

Career

Graham Neville began his career at the University of Sheffield as an Anglican chaplain in 1953. From 1963 to 1968 he served as chaplain and senior lecturer in divinity and contemporary studies at Christ Church College (nowadays Canterbury Christ Church University). In 1968 Graham was appointed as a chaplain at Sutton Valence School, becoming a principal lecturer in religious studies at Eastbourne College of Education in 1973. Five years later Neville received the position of principal lecturer in religious studies at Brighton Polytechnic (nowadays University of Brighton).

From 1980 to 1987 he worked as director of education at Lincoln Diocese and from 1983 to 1987 as a canon and prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral. Graham was also a tutor in Victorian religion at Open University in 1989-1992.

Throughout his career, Neville also served as an examining chaplain to the bishop of Peterborough, 1962-69, and the archbishop of Canterbury, 1970-74. From 1968 to 1978 he was a preacher at Canterbury Cathedral.

His first book, The Advent Hope, was a study of Mark 13; his second, City of Our God was published in 1971 and was a Christian discussion of the idea of Jerusalem. Neville knew the importance of working steadily through archives, proving himself to be an excellent editor of sources, such as the diaries of the Bishop of Lincoln, Edward Lee Hicks, which he published in 1993. To this, in 1998, he added an admirable biographical study of Hicks: Radical Churchman: Edward Lee Hicks and the new radicalism. In his early 80s, he published a theological reflection on the subject of leisure - Free Time, and a collection of his prayers - Our Vital Breath.

Achievements

• Graham Neville was a widely known author of such popular books as Our Vital Breath, Coleridge and Liberal Religious Thought, Seeds of Faith, Radical Churchman: Edward Lee Hicks and the New Liberalism and others. A gentle but firm representative of the late-modern church historian, his writing was characterized by its clarity, range, and humanity.

Works

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  • The Advent Hope: A Study of the Context of Mark 13 1961
  • City of our God: God's Presence among His people 1971
  • The Diaries of Edward Lee Hicks Bishop of Lincoln 1910-1919 1993
  • Radical Churchman: Edward Lee Hicks and the New Liberalism 1998
  • Our Vital Breath 2002
  • Free Time 2004
  • Seeds of Faith 2005
  • Coleridge and Liberal Religious Thought 2010

Membership

Graham Neville was a member of Worcester Theological Society.

Interests

• local history, music

Connections

Graham Neville married Margaret Stratford on June 2, 1945. Their marriage produced three children.

Spouse:

Margaret Stratford