Date of birth: 1907
Date of death: 1962
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The Very Rev Dr Christopher Woodforde was an eminent Anglican clergyman and noted author in the mid 20th century. He was born on 29 November 1907 and educated at King's School, Bruton and Peterhouse, Cambridge. Ordained in 1932 he began his ecclesiastical career with curacies at King's Lynn, Louth and Hellesdon. After this he held incumbencies at Exford, Axbridge and Steeple Morden. From 1948 to 1959 he was Fellow and Chaplain at New College, Oxford. In 1959 he was appointed Dean of Wells, a post he held until his death on 12 August 1962.

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