biography
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| lived:
| (1881–1944)
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| biography:
| Anglican clergyman, born in Exeter, Devon, SW England, UK. He studied at Oxford, was ordained in 1908, and became Bishop of Manchester (1921–9), Archbishop of York (1929–42), and Archbishop of Canterbury (1942–4). An outspoken advocate of social reform, he crusaded against usury, slums, dishonesty, and the aberrations of the profit motive. He was also a leader in the reform of Church structures and in the ecumenical movement. |
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