Carlyle Witton-Davies (10 June 1913 – 25 March 1993) was an Anglican priest"Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 and scholar.Amongst others he translated Martin Buber's "Hasidism", (1948) and "The Prophetic Faith" (1949); made major contributions to the "Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church" (1957 edition) and "The Mission of Israel", 1963; and wrote "Journey of a Lifetime". This is a book to accompany the 1961 TV series about the Holy Land. British Library website accessed 19:58 GMT 18 April 2011
He was born the son of T. Witton-Davies, Professor of Hebrew at the University College of North Wales, Bangor and educated at Friars School, Bangor; University College of North Wales, Bangor; Exeter College, Oxford;and Ripon College Cuddesdon.
He was ordained in 1938Independent Obituary and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Buckley. From 1940 to 1944 he was Subwarden of St. Michael's College, Llandaff. From then until 1949 he was a Canon Residentiary at St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem.Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947 In that year he became Dean and PrecentorAlthough an ancient foundation, before 1840 the senior residentiary cleric was the Precentor, and not a Dean, due to a complication during the dissolution of the monasteries > "Eglwys Gadeiriol Tyddewi, 1181-1981 / St David's Cathedral, 1181-1981" St David's, Gwasg yr Oriel Fach, 1981 of St David's. His last senior post was as Archdeacon of Oxford (1957–1982).The Times, Wednesday, Dec 05, 1956; pg. 12; Issue 53706; col E New Archdeacon Of Oxford
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