Michael Chandler is an historian and author of several books on the Church of England in the nineteenth century. He holds a Lambeth Diploma in Theology and a doctorate from King's College London and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is a former Dean of Ely Cathedral and prior to that was a Residentiary Canon at Canterbury Cathedral. He is now retired and lives with his wife Janet in Whitstable in Kent.
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