William Ralph Inge
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William Ralph Inge (June 6 1860 - February 26 1954) was an English author, Anglican prelate, and professor of divinity at Cambridge.
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[edit] Background
He was born at Crayke, Yorkshire, England. His father was William Inge (a provost at Worcester College, Oxford) and his mother Susanna (Churton) Inge. His mother's father was the archdeacon of Cleveland.
W. R. Inge was educated at Eton College and at King's College, Cambridge. He spent his later life in Wallingford, where he died.
[edit] Professional Life
He was a tutor at Hertford College, Oxford starting in 1888.
In 1907 he became a professor of divinity at Jesus College, Cambridge, holding the Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity chair.
He was president of the Aristotelian Society from 1920 to 1921.
He was a columnist for 25 years (1921 - 1946) for the Evening Standard.
He was a trustee of London's National Portrait Gallery from 1921 until 1951.
[edit] Clergy
In 1888 he was ordained as a deacon.
In 1911 he was chosen by Prime Minister Asquith to be the Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral in London. He retired in 1934.
[edit] Works
He wrote several books on Mysticism.
[edit] Bibliography
- "Christian Mysticism", 1899
- "Light, Life and Love" (Selections from the German mystics of the Middle Ages), 1904 (currently in the public domain, Project Gutenberg Release #4664 November 2003, available online from [1] and [2])
- "Truth and Falsehood in Religion", 1906
- "The Philosophy of Plotinus: The Gifford Lectures at St. Andrews", 1917 - 1918. ISBN 1-59244-284-6 (softcover), ISBN 0-8371-0113-1 (hardcover)
- "Outspoken Essays", 1919 - 1922
- "Personal Idealism and Mysticism", 1924. ISBN 0-7661-0328-5
- "Lay Thoughts of a Dean", 1926
- "The Platonic tradition in English religious thought". ISBN 0-8414-5055-2
- "Lay thoughts of a dean". ISBN 0-8369-2403-7
- "The Victorian age". ISBN 0-8482-1151-0
- "Mysticism in Religion". ISBN 0-8371-8953-5
- "Science and ultimate truth". ISBN 0-8482-1154-5
- "Our present discontents". ISBN 0-8369-2846-6
- "Christian ethics and modern problems". ISBN 0-8371-3960-0
- "A pacifist in trouble". ISBN 0-8369-2192-5
- "Talks in a free country". ISBN 0-8369-2774-5
- The Church and the Age
- Authority and the Inner Light
- Speculum Animae
Books on Dean Inge
- Adam Fox, Dean Inge
[edit] Personal
His wife was Mary Catharine Inge (née Spooner), daughter of Henry Maxwell Spooner. She died in 1949. See Portraits of Mary Catharine Inge.
He was nicknamed The Gloomy Dean because of his pessimistic views in his Evening Standard articles.
He was a supporter of animal rights.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Works by William Ralph Inge at Project Gutenberg
- Portraits of William Ralph Inge
- Profile
- HyperDictionary Definition
- W.R. Inge from Questia.com
- Information from Christian Classic Ethereal Library
