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Henry Liddon
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Born in North Stoneham, Hampshire
Born on 20th of August 1829
Died on 9th of September 1890

Liddon was an influential figure in the Anglican Church for much of the second half of the 19th century, as vice-principal of St Edmund Hall, Oxford, as a professor of theology at the same university, and most significantly as Dean of St Paul’s in London, where his sermons often attracted thousands of listeners. He was a somewhat conservative thinker, a defender of the principles of the Oxford Movement after the departure of Newman.

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