Richard William Church was an English cleric and writer, known latterly as Dean Church. He was a close friend of John Henry Newman and allied with the Tractarian movement. Later he moved from Oxford academic life to some prominence in the Church of England.
- Occupation
- historian, theologian, writer, Anglican priest
- Position held
- Dean of St Paul's
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Portugal
- Born
- April 25, 1815, 1815
- Died
- December 6, 1890, 1890