Nicholas Lash | |
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Born | Nicholas Langrishe Alleyne Lash 6 April 1934 India |
Died | 11 July 2020 Cambridge, England | (aged 86)
Nationality | English |
Spouse |
Janet Chalmers (m. 1976) |
Children | Dominic Lash |
Parents |
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Academic background | |
Alma mater | St Mary's College, Oscott |
Influences | |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Theology |
Institutions | |
Ecclesiastical career | |
Religion | Christianity (Roman Catholic) |
Church | Latin Church |
Ordained | 1963 |
Laicized | 1975 |
Nicholas Langrishe Alleyne Lash (6 April 1934 – 11 July 2020)[1] was an English Roman Catholic theologian. Having served in the British Army, he trained for Holy Orders at St Mary's College, Oscott, and worked as a Catholic priest until 1975. He left the priesthood and turned to full-time academia, working as a lecturer and then Norris–Hulse Professor of Divinity (1978–1999) at the University of Cambridge.