Alec Vidler

Alexander Roper Vidler OGS (1899–1991), known as Alec Vidler, was an English Anglican priest, theologian, and ecclesiastical historian, who served as Dean of King's College, Cambridge, for ten years from 1956 and then, following his retirement in 1966, as Mayor of Rye, Sussex.


Alec Vidler

Born
Alexander Roper Vidler

(1899-12-27)27 December 1899
Rye, Sussex, England
Died25 July 1991(1991-07-25) (aged 91)
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Anglican)
ChurchChurch of England
Ordained1922
Academic background
Alma materSelwyn College, Cambridge
Influences
Academic work
Discipline
Sub-disciplineEcclesiastical history
School or traditionAnglo-Catholicism
InstitutionsKing's College, Cambridge
Doctoral studentsDavid Nicholls
InfluencedChristopher Evans
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