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Also known as Rowan Douglas Williams, Rowan Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth, Baron Williams of Oystermouth, Lord Williams of Oystermouth

Archbishop of Canterbury (2002–2012)

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Rowan Williams is a male American composer born on June 14, 1950. His musical work is associated with genres including cinematic classical and American composer. He has been recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.

As an author, Williams has produced 136 works. Notable titles include *Theology and philosophy*, *Troubled people, troubled world*, *The Book of Taliesin*, *Science and Religion*, and *Body's Grace*. His bibliography also includes five works indexed by Crossref.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1950
Works
136

Top works

  • Theology and philosophy
  • Troubled people, troubled world
  • The Book of Taliesin
  • Science and Religion
  • Body's Grace

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
94
Total plays
1,316

Rowan Williams is an audio-visual artist based in Melbourne, Australia. The Bunyip Moon - www.thebunyipmoon.info Pronoun - www.pronounpronoun.com <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Rowan+Williams">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. The PHQ-9

    · 2001 · cited 39,459x

  2. A Brief Measure for Assessing Generalized Anxiety Disorder

    · 2006 · cited 28,914x

  3. Learning representations by back-propagating errors

    · 1986 · cited 24,370x

  4. Geant4—a simulation toolkit

    · 2003 · cited 21,284x

  5. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

    · 2001 · cited 18,614x

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Quotes

  • We have only one global hegemonic power. It is not accumulating territory: it is trying to accumulate influence and control.

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Key facts

Church
Church of England
Province
Canterbury
Diocese
Canterbury
Elected
2 December 2002
Installed
27 February 2003
Term ended
31 December 2012 (retired)
Predecessor
George Carey
Successor
Justin Welby
Other posts
Archbishop of Wales (2000–2002) , Bishop of Monmouth (1992–2002)
Ordination
2 October 1977 (deacon) , by Eric Wall , 2 July 1978 (priest) , by Peter Walker
Consecration
1 May 1992, by Alwyn Rice Jones
Born
Rowan Douglas Williams , ( 1950-06-14 ) 14 June 1950 (age 75) , Swansea , Glamorgan , Wales
Denomination
Anglicanism
Parents
Aneurin Williams Delphine née Morris
Spouse
Jane Paul ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 4 July 1981</span>"}]]}'>1981 ) ​
Profession
Bishop, theologian
Alma mater
Christ's College, Cambridge Wadham College, Oxford
Motto
Cultus Dei Sapientia Hominis "(The worship of God is the wisdom of man")

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Williams
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Swansea
Occupation
archbishop
Languages spoken
English language
Religion
Anglicanism
Noble title
baron
Image
Rowan Williams -001b.jpg
Motto
Cultus Dei Sapientia Hominis
Significant event
consecration
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Commons category
Rowan Williams
date of birth
1950-06-14
birth name
Rowan Douglas Williams
writing language
English language
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Mollau
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Encyclopedic overview

Rowan Douglas Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth (born 14 June 1950), is a Welsh Anglican bishop, theologian and poet, who served as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury from 2002 to 2012. Previously the Bishop of Monmouth and Archbishop of Wales, Williams was the first Archbishop of Canterbury in modern times not to be appointed from within the Church of England.

Williams's primacy was marked by speculation that the Anglican Communion (in which the Archbishop of Canterbury is the leading figure) was fragmenting over disagreements on contemporary issues such as homosexuality and the ordination of women. Williams worked to keep all sides in dialogue. Notable events during his time as Archbishop of Canterbury include the rejection by a majority of dioceses of his proposed Anglican Covenant and, in the final general synod of his tenure, his unsuccessful attempt to secure a sufficient majority for a measure to allow the appointment of women as bishops in the Church of England.

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