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William Ralph Inge

English author, Anglican dean and professor of divinity (1860-1954) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 93

William Ralph Inge was an English author, Anglican priest, professor of divinity at Cambridge, and dean of St Paul's Cathedral. Although as an author he used W. R. Inge, and he was personally known as Ralph, he was widely known by his title as Dean Inge. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times.

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Fellow of the British Academy1921
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

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United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1860 to 1954 · aged 93