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He was born at Ledbury and educated at Eton and University Of Oxford , where he took a first class degree in Greats. He had the Oxford degrees of DD, MA, and Hon DLitt. After graduation, he was elected as a student (fellow) of Christ Church, Oxford . In 1884 , he left Oxford for St Paul's Cathedral where he was appointed Canon . He was keenly interested in social justice and formed PESEK (Politics, Economics, Socialism, Ethics and Christianity) which blamed Capitalist exploitation for contemporary urban poverty. In 1889 , he formed the Christian Social Union . In 1910 , he was appointed Regius Professor Of Divinity at Oxford University , a post he held until his death. Perhaps his best-known writing in modern times is the essay ''Death is nothing at all'' which is often heard at funeral and memorial services. |
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