Sidney Nowell Rostron
Sidney Nowell Rostron | |
|---|---|
| Principal of St John's College, Durham | |
| Church | Church of England |
| In office | 1909 to 1911 |
| Predecessor | New post |
| Successor | Dawson Dawson-Walker |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1906 (deacon) 1907 (priest) by Edmund Knox |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sidney Nowell Rostron 10 August 1883 |
| Died | 17 March 1948 (aged 64) Marston Moreteyne, Bedfordshire, England |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Education | Liverpool College |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
Sidney Nowell Rostron (10 August 1883 – 17 March 1948) was a Church of England priest, theologian, and academic. He was the first Principal of St John's College, Durham, serving from 1909 to 1911. He then returned to parish ministry and was vicar of a number of parishes. During World War I, he served with the Army Chaplains' Department as a military chaplain. From 1928 to 1942, he was additionally Whitehead Professor of Pastoralia at the London College of Divinity.