Runcie, Robert Alexander Kennedy
Runcie, Robert Alexander Kennedy
(rŭn`sē), 1921–2000, archbishop of Canterbury (1980–91). Bishop of St. Albans from 1970 to 1980, he was enthroned as the 102d archbishop of Canterbury in 1980, succeeding Donald Coggan. Runcie supported the ordination of women and other liberal Anglican positions and was often a critic of Prime Minister Margaret ThatcherThatcher, Margaret Hilda Roberts Thatcher, Baroness,1925–2013, British political leader. Great Britain's first woman prime minister, nicknamed the "Iron Lady" for her uncompromising political stance, Thatcher served longer than any other British prime minister in the 20th
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Bibliography
See biographies by A. Hastings (1991) and H. Carpenter (1996).