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Arthur Michael Ramsey, Baron Ramsey of Canterbury ( 1904- 1988) was Archbishop of Canterbury from June 1961 to 1974.

Michael Ramsey was educated at Repton School and Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he was President of the Cambridge Union Society. Before Canterbury, he had previously been Bishop of Durham and Archbishop of York. He was a significant academic theologian. A member of the High Church group, he was active in the ecumenical movement.

Like most twentieth century Archbishops of Canterbury, Michael Ramsey presided over a period of decline in the Church of England. He was nonetheless liked and respected both in the church and more widely, perhaps more so than either his immediate predecessors or successors; he had the reputation of being humane, principled, and discreet. After retiring as Archbishop in 1974 he was created a life peerIn the United Kingdom, Life Peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as hereditary peers). Nowadays, life peerages, always of baronial rank, are created under the Life Peera, as Baron Ramsey of Canterbury, of Canterbury in Kent, enabling him to remain in the House of LordsThis article is about the British House of Lords. See also the historical Irish House of Lords. The House of Lords is a component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also includes the Sovereign and the British House of Commons. The House of Lor where he had previously sat as one of the Lords Spiritual.

Michael Ramsey's elder brother, Frank P. RamseyFrank Plumpton Ramsey ( February 22, 1903 January 19, 1930) was a British mathematician and logician. Ramsey was born in Cambridge where his father was President of Magdalene College. He was educated at Winchester College before returning to Cambridge to, was a noted philosopherA philosopher is a person devoted to studying and producing results in philosophy. The word, "philosopher," literally means "lover of wisdom. Popular Western philosophers in (approximate) historical order Not listed above: (some of) The Presocratics Epicu.


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Geoffrey FisherGeoffrey Francis Fisher, Baron Fisher of Lambeth ( 1887- 1972) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1945 to 1961. In this role, he carried out the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, and was the first to be seen doing so by television aud
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Donald CogganFrederick Donald Coggan, Baron Coggan ( 1909 May 17, 2000) was the 101st Archbishop of Canterbury from 1974 to 1980. Background Born in Highgate, London, England, Coggan was a lecturer in Semitic languages at Manchester University from 1931 to 1934, a pro



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