+ The Revd Canon Dr William Taylor

 
A distinguished theological, ecumenical and ecclesiastical personality, namely The Revd Canon Dr William Taylor, an Anglican Priest and eminent scholar, has died in Guy's Hospital at around 11:00 am on Tuesday 7th July.
 

The Revd Canon Dr William Taylor was the Chairman of the Anglican and Eastern Churches Association and Vicar of St John Notting Hill. He had worked and lived in Jordan, Cairo, and Turkey; served in parishes in England, as a Chaplain in the Middle East, on the ecumenical staff of the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace, and as Dean of Portsmouth Cathedral.
 
He had travelled and lectured extensively throughout the Middle East and Central Asia. A linguist by training and inclination, his languages included Syriac, Arabic, and Turkish. 
 
His publications include Light from the East, Christians in the Holy Land (ed), Ahl al Dhimmi: A Study of minorities in Islam, Christianity in Iraq, Antioch and Canterbury, and Narratives of Identity - a copy of which was presented to HRH The Prince of Wales in 2013 - and Turkey, Looking Behind and Before (ed).
 
His Ph.D, from SOAS, is on the dhimmi system of the Orthodox Churches in the late Ottoman Empire.
 
Fr William requested that his body be donated to The London Anatomy Office for anatomical examination.
 
May his memory be eternal.
 
Photo: Fr. William (on the left) on Friday 1^st February 2019 at his Church of St. John in London, during the official presentation of the publication of Dr. Demetris Salapatas’ Doctoral Thesis.