Reverend Professor David Wilkinson FRAS |
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Born | 16 May 1963 |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Theological college principal |
Title | Principal of St John's College, University of Durham |
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Alma mater | Cambridge University |
Academic work | |
Discipline | astrophysics, theology |
Institutions | University of Liverpool (chaplin), University of Durham |
David Adam Wilkinson, FRAS (born 16 May 1963) is a British Methodist minister, theologian, astrophysicist and academic. He is the current Principal of St John's College, Durham, and a professor in the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University. He is the author of several books on the relationship between science and religion, and a regular contributor to Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4. He has a PhD in astrophysics and is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Wilkinson began his career as a scientist. He studied theology at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge as part of his training as a Methodist minister. After ordination, he worked at a large church in Liverpool and acted as chaplain at the University of Liverpool.