Reverend Canon Dr Vincent Strudwick (b. 1932) studied history at Nottingham University and theology at Kelham Hall, where he was later Vice-Principal and Tutor in church history and ascetical theology. He was Director of Education and Training in the Diocese of Oxford until 1988. Until 2000 he was Director of the Religious Studies Programmes in the dept for Continuing Education in the University, and continues to lecture widely. He was awarded a Lambeth doctorate in 2009 and is a fellow of Rewley and Kellogg Colleges, Oxford.