Education
Born in Manchester, United Kingdom, he was educated at Tonbridge School and Pembroke College, Cambridge before moving on to study theology at Ridley Hall.
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Timothy Dudley-Smith
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He was ordained deacon in 1950 and priest in 1951. Shortly afterwards, he became editor of Crusade magazine and ran a Boys" Club in Bermondsey, South London. He served as Archdeacon of Norwich 1973-1981 and Bishop of Thetford 1981-1991.
He also served as President of the Evangelical Alliance.
Since his retirement in 1991, he has lived in the cathedral city of Salisbury, England. Dudley-Smith is known as a prolific writer of texts for hymns, including the well-known "Tell Out, my Soul".
He is a member and honorary vice-president of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland. The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada has named him a "fellow".
In 2003, he was awarded an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire "for services to hymnody".
In July 2009 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree by Durham University.
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Religion
Evangelican