Thomas Strong (bishop)

The Right Reverend

Thomas Strong

GBE
The Right Reverend; Thomas Strong; GBE
Bishop of Oxford
	Portrait of Strong by William Orpen, c. 1923
Church	Church of England
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Oxford
Elected	1925
In office	1925–1937
Predecessor	Hubert Burge
Successor	Kenneth Kirk
Other post(s)	Vice-Chancellor of the; University of Oxford (1913–1917); Dean of Christ Church (1901–1920); Bishop of Ripon (1920–1925);
Orders
Ordination	1885 (deacon); 1886 (priest)
Personal details
Born	Thomas Banks Strong; 24 October 1861
Died	8 July 1944 (aged 82)
Buried	Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Occupation	Priest, theologian
Education	Westminster School
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

Thomas Banks Strong GBE (24 October 1861 – 8 July 1944) was an English Anglican bishop and theologian. He served as Bishop of Ripon and Oxford.^[1] He was also Dean of Christ Church, Oxford and served as vice-chancellor of Oxford University during the First World War.^[2]

Thomas Strong was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he received a second-class degree in Literae Humaniores in 1883.^[3] He became a deacon in 1885 and a priest in 1886. At Christ Church, Strong was successively Lecturer (1884), Student (1888), Censor (1892), and then Dean (1901–1920).^[4] He received the degree Doctor of Divinity (DD) from the University of Oxford in January 1902.^[5]

In 1920 he was appointed Bishop of Ripon, and in 1925 was translated as Bishop of Oxford, serving as such, and as Clerk of the Closet and Chancellor of the Order of the Garter until 1937.

Strong produced a number of theological publications.^[6]^[7]^[8]

He became a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in 1918. He was buried at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, where there is a memorial stone with a Latin inscription.

Selected books

Christian Ethics: Eight Lectures (Longmans, Green and Co., 1896)
A Manual of Theology (1st 1892, 2nd 1903)
God and the Individual (1903; Kessinger Publishing Company, 2008, ISBN 978-1436859868)
Lectures on the Method of Science (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906)
Visitation Charge of the Bishop of Oxford at the Diocesan Visitation 1931 (Oxford University Press, 1931)

Church of England titles
Preceded by Thomas Drury	Bishop of Ripon 1920–1925	Succeeded by Edward Burroughs
Preceded by Hubert Burge	Bishop of Oxford 1925–1937	Succeeded by Kenneth Kirk
Academic offices
Preceded by Francis Paget	Dean of Christ Church, Oxford 1901–1920	Succeeded by Henry Julian White
Preceded by Charles Buller Heberden	Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1913–1917	Succeeded by Herbert Edward Douglas Blakiston

v t e Dean of Christ Church, Oxford
Predecessors	John Hygdon* John Oliver* John London Richard Cox
Early modern	Richard Cox Richard Marshall George Carew Thomas Sampson Thomas Godwin Thomas Cooper John Piers Tobias Matthew William James Thomas Ravis John King William Goodwin Richard Corbet Brian Duppa Samuel Fell Edward Reynolds John Owen Edward Reynolds George Morley John Fell John Massey Henry Aldrich Francis Atterbury George Smalridge Hugh Boulter William Bradshaw John Conybeare David Gregory William Markham Lewis Bagot Cyril Jackson
Late modern	Charles Henry Hall Samuel Smith Thomas Gaisford Henry Liddell Francis Paget Thomas Strong Henry Julian White Alwyn Williams John Lowe Cuthbert Simpson Henry Chadwick Eric Heaton John Drury Christopher Lewis Martyn Percy Sarah Foot
* – Academic deans only; prior to the establishment of Christ Church Cathedral; ** – Cathedral deans at Osney.

v t e Clerks of the Closet
17th century	Richard Neile William Juxon Matthew Wren Richard Steward Gilbert Sheldon John Earle John Dolben Walter Blandford Nathaniel Crew Thomas Sprat Sir Edward Petre John Tillotson Thomas Burnet John Montagu
18th century	William Graham Samuel Pratt Charles Trimnell Richard Willis Henry Egerton Joseph Butler John Gilbert John Thomas William Buller Richard Hurd
19th century	William Jackson George Pelham Robert Carr Edward Stanley John Graham Henry Philpott Randall Davidson
Since 1900	William Boyd Carpenter Hubert Burge Thomas Strong Cyril Garbett Percy Herbert Roger Wilson Gordon Fallows John Bickersteth John Waine Jonathan Bailey Christopher Hill James Newcome Richard Jackson

v t e Chancellors of the Order of the Garter
Bishops of Salisbury (1477–1550)	Richard Beauchamp Lionel Woodville Thomas Langton John Blyth Henry Deane Edmund Audley
Lay chancellors (1551–1671)	Sir William Cecil Sir William Petre Sir Thomas Smith Sir Francis Walsingham Sir Amias Paulet Sir John Wolley Sir Edward Dyer Sir John Herbert Sir George More Sir Francis Crane Sir Thomas Roe Sir James Palmer Sir Henry de Vic
Bishops of Salisbury (1671–1837)	Seth Ward Gilbert Burnet William Talbot Richard Willis Benjamin Hoadly Thomas Sherlock John Gilbert John Thomas Robert Hay Drummond John Thomas John Hume Shute Barrington John Douglas John Fisher Thomas Burgess
Bishops of Oxford (1837–1937)	Richard Bagot Samuel Wilberforce John Mackarness William Stubbs Francis Paget Charles Gore Hubert Burge Thomas Strong
Knights and Ladies Companion (since 1937)	The Duke of Portland The Earl of Halifax The Marquess of Salisbury The Viscount Cobham The Marquess of Abergavenny The Lord Carrington The Duke of Abercorn The Baroness Manningham-Buller

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