Niel Nye
For the astronomer with the same name see Nathaniel Nye
Niel (Nathaniel Kemp) Nye (4 November 1914 9 January 2003) was the Archdeacon of Maidstone from 1972[1] to 1979.[2]
Nye was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, King's College London and Ripon College Cuddesdon. He was ordained deacon in 1937, and priest in 1938.[3] After a curacy at St Peter on the St Helier Estate in the Diocese of Southwark he was a Chaplain in the RAF from 1940 to 1946. He was Rector of Holy Trinity, Clapham from 1946 to 1954; Vicar of his old church on the St Helier Estate from 1954 to 60; and then Vicar of All Saints, Maidstone (Rural Dean) from 1960 until 1966 and then Tait Missioner for the Canterbury Diocese from 1966 until his appointment as Archdeacon.[4]
References
- ^ Church News The Times (London, England), Thursday, Sep 21, 1972; pg. 16; Issue 58585
- ^ Telegraph obituary
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ^ ‘NYE, Ven. Nathaniel Kemp’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 25 Dec 2016
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