Frederick William Dillistone (9 May 1903“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 – 5 October 1993) was the second Dean of Liverpool.
Dillistone was educated at Brighton College and Brasenose College, Oxford. Ordained in 1928,Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP, 1941 he began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Jude's Southsea. Later, he was a tutor at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and then Vicar of St Andrew's in the same city. From 1938 to 1945 he was Professor of Theology at Wycliffe College, Toronto, and Vice Principal of London College of Divinity from 1945-1947. From then until 1952 he was Professor of Theology at the Episcopal Divinity School at Cambridge, Massachusetts. Moving back to England he was Canon Residentiary and Chancellor of Liverpool Cathedral from 1952 to 1956 and then its Dean until 1963.The Times, Tuesday, Jan 31, 1956; pg. 10; Issue 53442; col D Ecclesiastical News New Dean Of Liverpool From 1964 until his retirement in 1970, he was Fellow and Chaplain of Oriel College, Oxford. In 1968, he delivered the Bampton Lectures under the title 'Traditional Symbols and the Contemporary World'. An eminent author,Amongst others he wrote “The Significance of the Cross”, 1945; “The Structure of the Divine Society”, 1951; Jesus Christ and His Cross, (1953); Christianity and Symbolism, 1955; “Christianity and Communication”, 1956; “Dramas of Salvation”, 1967; “Charles Raven: a biography”, 1975; “The Power of Symbols”, 1986; and “Language and the Worship of the Church”, 1990 > British Library web site accessed 20:38 GMT Saturday 27 February 2010 he died at the age of 90 years. He was known to friends as 'Dilly'.
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