Timothy Yeats

The Reverend Canon Tim Yates
Born	(1935-05-01)1 May 1935
Died	16 January 2016(2016-01-16) (aged 80)
Nationality	British
Academic work
Discipline	Theology
Sub-discipline	Missiology
Institutions	Cranmer Hall, Durham

Timothy Yates (1 May 1935 – 16 January 2016) was a British canon, theological educator, missiologist and historian.[1]

Yates was the Warden of Cranmer Hall, the Anglican theological college that forms part of St John's College, Durham, from 1971 to 1979.[1] Under his headship, the college first admitted women in 1973.[2] In 1979, he wrote the first history of the college in celebration of its 70th anniversary. From 2008 until his death, he was a member of the college's Development Board, fundraising and consulting on a proposed Learning Resource Centre.

Yates died on 16 January 2016, at the age of 80.[1][3]

Career

• 1960-63 - Curate of Tonbridge (Diocese of Rochester)[3]
• 1963-71 - Tutor at St John's College, Durham[3]
• 1971-79 - Warden of Cranmer Hall, St John's College, Durham[3]
• 1979-82 - Priest-in-Charge of Darley with South Darley (Diocese of Derby)[3]
• 1982-90 - Rector of Darley[3]
• 1985-95 - Derby Diocesan Director of Ordinands[3]
• 1989-2000 - Honorary Canon of Derby Cathedral[3]
• 1990-2000 - Curate of Ashford-in-the-Water with Sheldon and Great Longstone[3]

Books

• Venn and Victorian Bishops Abroad (1978)[1]
• Christian Mission in the Twentieth Century (1994)[1]
• The Expansion of Christianity (2004)[1]
• Pioneer Missionary, Evangelical Statesman: A Life of A. T. (Tim) Houghton (2011)[1]
• The Conversion of the Maori: Years of Religious and Social Change (1814-1842) (2013)[1]

References

1. "Reverend Canon Dr Timothy Yates (1935-2016) | Ecclesiastical History Society". www.history.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
2. "Death of Canon Tim Yates - Durham University". www.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
3. "Diocese of Derby - Appointments". January 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2017.