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William Richard Wood Stephens was Dean of Winchester in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.〔“Who was Who”1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X〕 He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford and graduated in 1862. Ordained in 1865, he began his career with a curacy in Staines, after which he was Vicar of Mid Lavant, a Lecturer at ''Chichester Theological College'' and Rector of Woolbeding〔”The Clergy List” London, William Clowes and Son,1879〕 before his elevation to the Deanery. Stephens was known for his philanthropy, spending his own money to have the church at Mid Lavant restored. He provided funds for the rebuilding of the chancel at Woolbeding and contributed to the repairs of the roof at Winchester Cathedral. He also spent a lot of time showing visitors around the cathedral and explaining its' history. In 1895 he was recognised for his interest in history when he was elected FSA.〔 In 1902 Stephens attended a mayoral banquet, in Winchester, where he consumed some oysters. Unfortunately the beds, in Emsworth where the oysters were sourced, had been contaminated with raw sewage. Consequently many of the guests, including Stephens, contracted food poisoning. His death, on 22 December 1902, six weeks after the banquet was attributed to eating Emsworth oysters. He was buried in the graveyard of Winchester Cathedral on 27 December 1902.〔〔(Emsworth heritage Project )〕 ==Publications== * Life and Times of St John Chrysostom, 1872 * Memorials of the South Saxon See, 1876 * Christianity and Islam, 1877 * Life and Letters of W. F. Hook, DD, 1878, 4th edn 1881 * Memoir of William Page Baron Hatherley, 1883 * Hildebrand and His Times, 1888 * Helps to the Study of the Prayer-Book, 1891 * Life and Letters of E. A. Freeman, DCL, 1895 * Memoir of Richard Durnford, DD, sometime Bishop of Chichester * Joint Editor with Rev. W. Hunt of a new History of the Church of England in 7 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Stephens (Dean of Winchester)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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