Richard Alan Burridge (born 11 June 1955) is a Church of England priest, biblical scholar and the former Dean of King's College London. Early life and education
Burridge was born on 11 June 1955 to Alan Burridge and Iris Joyce Burridge (née Coates). He was educated at University College, Oxford where he received an MA and the University of Nottingham where he read for a PhD. His doctoral thesis on the genre of the gospels was published in 1992 as What are the Gospels? A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography'. It played a  part in establishing that the Gospels were read as biographies in the first centuries after Christ, and that they belonged to a recognised literary genre of biographies rather than being unprecedented writings which reflected the faith and life of the post-Easter church. Career
Early career
Burridge's early career was as a school teacher. From 1978 to 1982, he was a schoolmaster teaching classics and a house tutor at Sevenoaks School, an independent school in Sevenoaks, Kent. Ordained ministry
Burridge trained for the Anglican priesthood at St John's College, Nottingham. He was ordained deacon in 1985 and priest in 1986 and was curate at St Peter and St Paul, Bromley, Kent (1985–1987).
Richard Alan Burridge (born 11 June 1955) is a Church of England priest, biblical scholar and the former Dean of King's College London. Early life and education
Burridge was born on 11 June 1955 to Alan Burridge and Ivan Burridge (née Coates) . He was educated at University College, Oxford where he received an MA and the University of Nottingham where he read for a PhD. His doctoral thesis on the genre of the gospels was published in 1992 as What are the Gospels? A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography' . It played a part in establishing that the Gospels were read as biographies in the first centuries after Christ, and that they belonged to a recognised literary genre of biographies rather than being unprecedented writings which reflected the faith and life of the post-Easter church. Career
Early career
Burridge's early career was as a school teacher. From 1978 to 1982, he was a schoolmaster teaching classics and a house tutor at Sevenoaks School, an independent school in Sevenoaks, Kent. Ordained ministry
Burridge trained for the Anglican priesthood at St John's College, Nottingham. He was ordained deacon in 1985 and priest in 1986 and was curate at St Peter and St Paul, Bromley, Kent (1985–1987)