Edward Gordon Selwyn

Who was Edward Gordon Selwyn?

Edward Gordon Selwyn was an English Anglican priest and theologian, who served as Warden of Radley College from 1913 to 1919; Rector of Red Hill, near Havant; and then as Dean of Winchester from 1930 to 1959. He wrote sermons and other books and was the editor of the liberal catholic journal Theology from 1920.

Selwyn was born in Liverpool, the eldest son of the Rev. Edward Carus Selwyn, Headmaster of Uppingham School, and his wife Lucy Ada, née Arnold. He had four brothers and two sisters. He was son-in-law to Sir Edwyn Hoskyns, bishop of Southwell.