Born on June 6, 1860, William Ralph Inge was an English author, Anglican prelate, and professor of divinity at Cambridge. Best known as the Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral, he was nicknamed “The Gloomy Dean” due to his deeply pessimistic views on modern civilization, technological progress, and social change. He was a sharp critic of […]

William Ralph Inge: The ‘Gloomy Dean’ of St Paul’s