biography
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Inge, William Ralph
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known as the Gloomy Dean
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pronunciation:
[ing]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1860–1954)
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| biography:
| Clergyman and theologian, born in Crayke, North Yorkshire, N England, UK. He studied at Cambridge, taught at Eton, and was vicar of All Saints, Kensington, before being appointed professor of divinity at Cambridge (1907). He was Dean of St Paul's (1911–34), earning his byname from the pessimism displayed in his sermons and newspaper articles. |
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