John Cobham (Archdeacon of Durham), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About John Cobham (Archdeacon of Durham)
- John Oldcastle Cobham (1899–1987) was an Anglican priest and author.Cobham was born on 11 April 1899.
- He was the son of John Lawrence Cobham, Archdeacon of Totnes from 1933 until 1947.
- He educated at St Lawrence College, Ramsgate; Tonbridge School; Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; the University of Marburg; Westcott House, Cambridge and the Académie Goetz.
- During the First World War he served in the Royal Field Artillery from 1917 to 1919. He was ordained Deacon in 1926 and Priest in 1927.
- His first post was as Curate at St Thomas, Winchester.
- He was Vice-Principal of Westcott House, Cambridge from 1930 to 1934; and Principal of The Queen's Foundation, Birmingham from 1934 to 1953.
- During the Second World War he was Vicar of St Benet, Cambridge and a Chaplain to the British Armed Forces.
- He was a Lecturer in theology at the University of Birmingham from 1946 to 1953; and Archdeacon of Durham from 1953 until 1969. He died on 20 May 1987.
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