Rowland, ChristopherBorn 1947; 1966-74 undergraduate and doctoral studies at the University of Cambridge; 1974-79 Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne; 1979-91 Dean of Jesus College Cambridge; 1983-91 University Lecturer in Theology; 1991-2014 Dean Ireland Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford until his retirement.