George Bradford Caird

G. B. Caird D.Phil.
G. B. Caird in July 1983
Born	George Bradford Caird (1917-07-17)17 July 1917 Wandsworth, London, England
Died	21 April 1984(1984-04-21) (aged 66) Wantage, Oxfordshire
Nationality	British
Education	Peterhouse, Cambridge, Mansfield College, Oxford
Occupation	Academic
Notable work	The Language and Imagery of the Bible, 1980
Spouse(s)	Viola Mary Newport
Children	James, Margaret (Meg) Laing,John and George (Geordie)
Theological work
Era	Twentieth century
Tradition or movement	Congregationalist
Main interests	Biblical metaphor, imagery and language, New Testament theology, Eschatology

George Bradford "G. B." Caird, FBA (17 July 1917 – 21 April 1984) was an English churchman, theologian, humanitarian, and biblical scholar. At the time of his death he was Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford.

Born in Wandsworth, London, England to parents from Dundee, Scotland, George Caird's early years were spent in Birmingham, England, where his father was a construction engineer, and where he attended King Edward's School. His university education began at Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he received the B.A. in 1939, First-Class Honours in both parts of the Classical Tripos, with distinction in Greek and Latin verse. A lifelong Congregationalist, he then left Cambridge to study theology at Mansfield College, Oxford, and acquired the Oxford M.A., First-Class Honours, in 1943. In 1944 he was granted the Oxford D.Phil. for his thesis "The New Testament Conception of Doxa (Glory)".

After serving three years as a pastor in Highgate, London, in 1946 Caird and his young bride, Viola Mary Newport, known to all as "Mollie," pulled up stakes and left for Canada. Virtually fluent in ancient Hebrew, there he was quickly made Professor of Old Testament at St. Stephen's College, Edmonton, Alberta, and later (simultaneously) Professor of New Testament at McGill University and Principal of the United Theological College of Montreal.