Gilbert Thurlow

Who was Gilbert Thurlow?

The Very Rev Alfred Gilbert Goddard Thurlow was an Anglican dean and author in the last third of the 20th century.

He was educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge and ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1935. He was Curate of All Saints, Wokingham then Precentor of Norwich Cathedral until 1955. He then held Norfolk incumbencies in Norwich and Great Yarmouth before becoming a Canon Residentiary at Norwich Cathedral,a post he held until elevation to the Gloucester Deanery in 1972- a post he held for a decade. He spent his retirement in Chichester.