Chadwick, Henry (1920-2008), theologian and church historian

The Very Revd Professor Henry Chadwick was an undergraduate at Magdalene College on a music scholarship.

A leading historian of the early church, he was appointed Regius Professor at both the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. He was a noted supporter of improved relations with the Catholic Church, and a leading member of the Anglican–Roman Catholic International Commission. An accomplished musician, having studied music to degree level, he took a leading part in the revision and updating of hymnals widely used within Anglicanism, chairing the board of the publisher Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd. for 20 years.