William Inge (priest)

The Reverend William Inge KCVO

Born	William Ralph Inge 6 June 1860 Crayke, Yorkshire, England, UK
Died	26 February 1954 Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Education	Eton College and King's College, Cambridge
Spouse(s)	Mary Catharine Inge
Children	Paula Inge

Church	Church of England
Writings	35+ books
Title	Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral

William Ralph Inge KCVO (/ˈɪŋ/; 6 June 1860 – 26 February 1954) was an English author, Anglican priest, professor of divinity at Cambridge, and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, which provided the appellation by which he was widely known, Dean Inge. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times.

He was born at Crayke, Yorkshire. His father was William Inge, Provost of Worcester College, Oxford, and his mother Susanna Churton, daughter of Edward Churton, Archdeacon of Cleveland. Inge was educated at Eton College, where he was a King's Scholar and won the Newcastle Scholarship in 1879, and at King's College, Cambridge, where he won a number of prizes, as well as taking firsts in both parts of the Classical Tripos. He was a tutor at Hertford College, Oxford starting in 1888, the year he was ordained as a deacon in the Church of England. His only parochial position was as Vicar of All Saints, Knightsbridge, London, from 1905 to 1907.