David Efird | |
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Born | David Hampton Efird May 18, 1974 Raleigh, North Carolina, US |
Died | 9 January 2020 | (aged 45)
Occupation(s) | Philosopher, academic and clergyman |
Title | Senior lecturer in Philosophy |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Duke University Princeton Theological Seminary University of Edinburgh University of Oxford |
Thesis | |
Doctoral advisor | Timothy Williamson |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Philosophy |
Sub-discipline | Philosophy of religion Philosophy of language Metaphysics Social epistemology Theological ethics Philosophical theology |
Institutions | University of York Vanbrugh College, York James College, York |
David Hampton Efird (May 18, 1974 – January 9, 2020) was an American philosopher and Anglican priest. As an academic, he specialised in the philosophy of language and the philosophy of religion.
Efird worked at the University of York from 2002. He was a lecturer between 2002 and 2007, and was a senior lecturer from 2007 until his death. He was head of two of York's colleges: Provost of Vanbrugh College, York from 2008 to 2013, and Principal of James College, York from 2013 to 2020.
Efird was a Church of England priest. He was ordained a deacon in 2010 and to the priesthood in 2011. He was a Minor Canon of York Minster, where he served his curacy. He later served as an assistant curate of the Parish of St. Mary Bishophill, an Anglo-Catholic parish in the City of York.
Efird died suddenly on January 9, 2020, in York, United Kingdom, aged 45.[1]