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John Nurser

1929 – 2020

Anglican theologian

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About John Nurser

Lived 1929 – 2020 (aged 90–91).

John Shelley Nurser (26 May 1929 – 16 November 2020) was a Church of England priest who was an eminent theologian.

Early life Nurser was born in 1929 in Far Cotton, Northamptonshire, to Arthur Nurser, a joiner, and his wife Florence (née Shelley), a milliner. In his childhood the family moved to Rugeley, Staffordshire, and Nurser went to Rugeley Grammar School. From there he went to Peterhouse, Cambridge, gaining a double first in history. He served his title at St Peter's, Tankerseley (1958–61). His last incumbency was as Priest-in-Charge of St Mary's, Shudy Camps with All Saints, Castle Camps in Cambridgeshire (1992–95), following which he retired to his mother's childhood home of Sudbury.

Personal life Nurser married Elizabeth Kimber in 1956. There were four children. He died in 2020, aged 91.

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Born
1929
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Died
2020
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John Shelley Nurser

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Anglican theologian

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John Nurser was born in 1929.

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