Oliver Barclay

Oliver R. Barclay
Born22 February 1919
Kobe, Japan
Died12 September 2013(2013-09-12) (aged 94)
Leicester, England
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Known forConservative evangelical evangelism/activism
Spouses
Dorothy
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(m. 1949; died 1964)​
Daisy
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(m. 1965)​
Children4 (including John M. G. Barclay)

Oliver Rainsford Barclay (22 February 1919 – 12 September 2013) was a British academic and evangelical Christian. Originally a zoologist, he later turned his attentions to widening the influence of conservative evangelical Christianity within universities and theological colleges.[1] He was General Secretary of the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship from 1964 to 1980, and also Chair of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students from 1971 to 1979. In 1989, he co-founded the journal Science and Christian Belief.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Atherstone, Andrew. "Barclay, Oliver Rainsford (1919–2013)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/107928. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "Oliver Barclay". The Times. 4 October 2013. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2015. Alt URL
  3. ^ Cameron, Julia (24 October 2013). "Oliver Barclay: Leading light of the Inter-Varsity Fellowship". The Independent. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Oliver Barclay (1919-2013)". Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship. Retrieved 24 September 2015.