Harold Claude Noel Williams (6 December 1914 [1] – 5 April 1990), commonly known as H. C. N. Williams or Bill Williams, was an Anglican priest and author.
Williams was born in Grahamstown, South Africa and educated at Graeme College ( South Africa) and Durham University, where he was a Theological Exhibitioner at Hatfield College. [2]
He was ordained in 1938 and began his ministry as a curate at St Mary with St Paul's Weeke near Winchester in England. [3] From 1941 to 1949 he was Principal of St Matthew's College in South Africa. He then returned to England and held incumbencies at St Bartholomew's Hyde, Winchester [4] and St Mary's, Southampton. In 1958 he became Provost of the Cathedral Church of St Michael, Coventry, a position he held for 23 years. [5] [6] [7]
Harold Claude Noel Williams (6 December 1914 [1] – 5 April 1990), commonly known as H. C. N. Williams or Bill Williams, was an Anglican priest and author.
Williams was born in Grahamstown, South Africa and educated at Graeme College ( South Africa) and Durham University, where he was a Theological Exhibitioner at Hatfield College. [2]
He was ordained in 1938 and began his ministry as a curate at St Mary with St Paul's Weeke near Winchester in England. [3] From 1941 to 1949 he was Principal of St Matthew's College in South Africa. He then returned to England and held incumbencies at St Bartholomew's Hyde, Winchester [4] and St Mary's, Southampton. In 1958 he became Provost of the Cathedral Church of St Michael, Coventry, a position he held for 23 years. [5] [6] [7]