Alec Vidler
Alec Vidler | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alexander Roper Vidler 27 December 1899 |
| Died | 25 July 1991 (aged 91) |
| Ecclesiastical career | |
| Religion | Christianity (Anglican) |
| Church | Church of England |
| Ordained | 1922 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Selwyn College, Cambridge |
| Influences | |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | |
| Sub-discipline | Ecclesiastical history |
| School or tradition | Anglo-Catholicism |
| Institutions | King's College, Cambridge |
| Doctoral students | David Nicholls |
| Influenced | Christopher Evans |
Alexander Roper Vidler OGS (27 December 1899 – 25 July 1991), known as Alec Vidler, was an English Anglican priest, theologian, and ecclesiastical historian, who served as Dean of King's College, Cambridge, for ten years from 1956 and then, following his retirement in 1966, as Mayor of Rye, Sussex.