Ralph Waller

Sir Ralph Waller KBE (born 11 December 1945) is Director of the Farmington Institute at Oxford, former Principal of Harris Manchester College, Oxford (1988-2018) and a Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford (2010-2018). He is a British Methodist Minister.


Sir Ralph Waller

KBE
Personal details
Born (1945-12-11) 11 December 1945
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of London
University of Nottingham
King's College London

Ralph Waller was born in Lincolnshire and educated at the University of London (BD) and the University of Nottingham (MTh) and completed a PhD at King's College London.

He has been awarded honorary doctorates from universities in the United States, Europe and Great Britain, including Doctor of Divinity from the University of Wales and Doctor of Theology from the Uppsala University.

He is the MacWilliams Fellow in Divinity in the University of Wales, Trinity St David. He is a trustee of several charitable trusts, Chair of the Kalisher Trust, the Westminster College Trust, The St Benet's Hall Trust and Vice-Chair of the governors of Harris Westminster Sixth Form Academy. He is an ecumenical canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

He was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 2018 for services to education.


Publications

  • Ralph Waller and Benedicta Ward, eds, An introduction to Christian spirituality (London: SPCK, 1999)
  • Benedicta Ward and Ralph Waller, eds, Joy of heaven: springs of Christian spirituality (London: SPCK, 2003)
  • Ralph Waller, John Wesley: a personal portrait (London: SPCK, 2003)

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