Ridley Hall, Cambridge facts for kids
"Ridley Hall" redirects here. For 18th-century country house at Bardon Mill, see Ridley Hall, Northumberland.
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| Theological college | |||||||||||||
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| University | Cambridge Theological Federation | ||||||||||||
| Location | Cambridge, England | ||||||||||||
| Motto | Martyrii Memores (Latin) | ||||||||||||
| Motto in English | Mindful of Martyrdom | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1881 | ||||||||||||
| Named for | Nicholas Ridley | ||||||||||||
| Sister college | Wycliffe Hall, Oxford | ||||||||||||
| Principal | Michael Volland | ||||||||||||
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| Website | www.ridley.cam.ac.uk | ||||||||||||
Ridley Hall is a theological college located on the corner of Sidgwick Avenue and Ridley Hall Road in Cambridge (United Kingdom), which trains men and women intending to take Holy Orders as deacon or priest of the Church of England, and members of the laity working with children and young people as lay pioneers and within a pastoral capacity such as lay chaplaincy.
Notable staff and alumni
- Jonathan Bailey
- Richard Bauckham
- Jeremy Begbie
- Edward Armstrong Bennett
- Andrew Briggs
- Arthur Buxton
- Christopher John Cocksworth
- Timothy Dudley-Smith
- Dick Lucas
- Michael Nazir-Ali
- Mike Ovey
- Gavin Peacock
- John Sentamu
- David Sheppard
- John Stott
- John Waine
- David Watson
- David Wenham
- Andrew White
List of principals
Thus far, all the principals have been ordained Anglican clergy.
- 1881–1899 (res.): Handley Moule
- 1889–1907 (res.): Thomas Drury
- 1907–1927 (res.): Arthur Tait
- 1927–1945 (res.): Paul Gibson
- 1945–1950 (res.): Falkner Allison
- 1951–1963 (res.): Cyril Bowles
- 1963–1971 (res.): Michael Hennell
- 1971–1972 (res.): Francis Palmer
- 1973–1978 (res.): Keith Sutton
- 1978–1991 (res.): Hugo de Waal
- 1992–2001 (res.): Graham Cray
- 2001–2008 (res.): Christopher Cocksworth
- 2009–2016 (res.): Andrew Norman
- 2016–present: Michael Volland
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