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Archbishop Michael Ramsey came up in 1923, son of A S Ramsey, President of the College. He became a brilliant speaker and debater, and was regarded as a future (Liberal) prime minister. Instead he entered the Church and became the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1961-74, by way of the Regius Professorship of Divinity, the Bishopric of Durham and the Archbishopric of York.
This was a spectacular career, but his penetrating intellect, his evident kindness and prematurely-aged appearance made him an outstanding figure in every sense, and undoubtedly one of the best Archbishops of Canterbury this century. His particular strength was that he carefully thought about political as well as theological issues, and was never afraid to advance liberal convictions. He was one of the outstanding preachers of his time, able to convey an electric spirituality. Anyone who heard him preach on home ground in Magdalene College Chapel, with his fixed and burning eye and intense voice, will never forget it.
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