Edward Carpenter (priest)

Edward Frederick Carpenter
Religion	Church of England
Personal
Born	27 November 1910
Died	26 August 1998
Senior posting
Title	Dean of Westminster
Period in office	1974–1985
Predecessor	Eric Abbott
Successor	Michael Mayne

Edward Frederick Carpenter KCVO (27 November 1910 – 26 August 1998) was an Anglican priest and author.

Carpenter was educated at Strode's Grammar School and King's College London and ordained in 1936. After curacies at Holy Trinity, Marylebone and St Mary's Harrow he was Rector of Great Stanmore. After this his ministry was spent at Westminster Abbey, first as a canon, then archdeacon and finally, from 1974, Dean of Westminster. He retired to Richmond, Surrey. He has four children, David, Michael (whose son is the cricketer Ed Carpenter), Paul and Louise.

Carpenter wrote Common sense about Christian ethics as part of the Common Sense series.

He was the first chairman of the Week of Prayer for World Peace, a global interfaith initiative created by the Anglican Pacifist Fellowship.

His biography, written by Michael De-La-Noy, was only published in 2016, A Liberal and Godly Dean : The Life of Edward Carpenter. No publisher is indicated.

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