John Oulton

John Ernest Leonard Oulton, D.D. (22 March 1886 – 2 February 1957) was Regius Professor of Divinity at Trinity College Dublin from 1935.[1] until his death.[2]

The son of The Rev. Richard Charles Oulton, BD, the incumbent of Glynn,[3] he was educated at Campbell College and Trinity College Dublin. He won the Vice-Chancellor's Latin Medal in 1907; and the Berkeley Gold Medal in Greek in 1909. He was ordained in 1914.[4] He served curacies at Harold's Cross and St Stephen's Church, Dublin; and incumbencies at Chapelizod and Monkstown, County Dublin. He was Assistant Lecturer in Divinity at TCD from 1924 to 1930;[5] Lecturer on the Bible from 1926 to 1929; and Archbishop King’s Professor of Divinity from 1930 to 1935[6]

Notes

1. University News. The Times (London, England), Saturday, 6 Jul 1935; pg. 14; Issue 47109
2. Prof. J. E. L. Oulton. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 5 Feb 1957; pg. 10; Issue 53757
3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1885 p 898: London, Horace Cox, 1885
4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30 p 970: London, OUP, 1929
5. University News. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 25 Nov 1930; pg. 17; Issue 45679
6. "Oulton, Henry Varian". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (June 2018 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 2 June 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)