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{{Short description|British biblical scholar and Catholic priest}}
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| title = [[Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture]], [[University of Oxford]]
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| birth_name = Hedley Frederick Davis Sparks
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1908|11|14
| birth_place = [[Stoke Newington]], [[County of London]],<!--as it was then-->
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1996|11|22|1908|11|14
| death_place = [[Canterbury]],
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| alma_mater = [[Brasenose College, Oxford]]
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'''Hedley Frederick Davis Sparks''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|FBA}} (14 November 1908 – 22 November 1996) was a British [[Biblical studies|biblical scholar]] and [[Church of England]] priest. From 1946 to 1952, he was [[Cadbury Professor of Theology]] at the [[University of Birmingham]]. From 1952 to 1976, he was [[Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture]] at the [[University of Oxford]].
==Early life==
Sparks was born on 14 November 1908 in [[Stoke Newington]], [[County of London]].<ref name="obit - PBA">{{cite journal|last1=Brock|first1=Sebastian P.|title=Hedley Frederick Davis Sparks, 1908–1996|journal=Proceedings of the British Academy|
His high class bachelor's degree won him the Senior Hulme Scholarship. This funded three further years of study and was usually used to fund a second degree.<ref name="obit - PBA" /> However, he chose to train for [[ordination]] and entered [[Ripon Hall]], an [[Anglican]] [[theological college]] in 1930.<ref name="crockford" /> He additionally studied [[Hebrew]] and [[Aramaic]] under [[G. A. Cooke]], the [[Regius Professor of Hebrew (Oxford)|Regius Professor of Hebrew]], and [[Assyriology]] under [[Stephen Herbert Langdon|Stephen Langdon]]. In 1932, he spent the [[summer term]] at [[Marburg University]] in Germany where he studied under [[Rudolf Bultmann]] and [[Karl Budde]].<ref name="obit - PBA" />
==Career==
Sparks was [[ordained]] in the [[Church of England]] as a [[Deacon#Anglicanism|deacon]] on 24 September 1933 by [[Thomas Strong (bishop)|Thomas Strong]], the [[Bishop of Oxford]],<ref name="obit - PBA" /> and as a [[Priest#Anglican or Episcopalian|priest]] in 1934.<ref name="crockford" /> From 1933 to 1936, he combined his [[curacy]] at [[All Saints Church, Oxford]], and a position as an honorary
In 1936, Sparks left [[Oxford]] and moved to [[Durham, England|Durham]] in the north of England. He was a
At the end of the war, Sparks was looking to move again. He was interviewed for the [[Samuel Davidson Professorship of Old Testament Studies]] at the [[University of London]], but was not successful. He then applied for the appointment of [[Cadbury Professor of Theology]] at the [[University of Birmingham]]. He was successful and took up the [[Professor (highest academic rank)|chair]] in October 1946.<ref name="obit - PBA" /> He developed the theology [[syllabus]] and expanded the department's academics to create
In November 1951, Sparks was elected [[Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture]] at the University of Oxford. He took up the appointment on 1 October 1952.<ref>{{cite news|title=University News|work=The Times|issue=52158|date=14 November 1951|page=8}}</ref> The chair had been linked with a [[canonry]] at [[Rochester Cathedral]] but this was separated before the 1951 election.<ref name="Oxford DNB" /> The chair remained linked with [[Oriel College, Oxford]] and he was duly elected a [[Fellow#Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin|fellow]] of the college.<ref name="obit - Times" /> He gave a number of lecture series through the [[Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford|Faculty of Theology and Religion]]. In addition, though he was not required to, he provided [[Tutorial system|tutorials]] to
In 1976, he retired from academia.<ref name="Oxford DNB" />
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==Honours==
In 1959, Sparks was elected a [[Fellow of the British Academy]] (FBA).<ref name="bio - British Academy">{{cite web|title=SPARKS, Revd Dr Hedley (14/11/1908-25/11/1996) |url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/directory/dec.cfm?member=2404 |website=British Academy Fellows |publisher=British Academy |accessdate=26 August 2015 |
==Selected works==
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[[Category:Presidents of the Society for Old Testament Study]]
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