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English Anglican theologian (1929–2023)

Elizabeth Livingstone MBE Born Elizabeth Anne Livingstone (1929-07-07)7 July 1929 Died 1 January 2023(2023-01-01) (aged 93) Iffley, United Kingdom Other name E. A. Livingstone Academic background Alma mater University of Oxford Academic work Discipline Theology Sub-discipline Patristics School or tradition Anglicanism

**Elizabeth Anne Livingstone** [MBE](/source/Member_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (7 July 1929 – 1 January 2023), also known as **E. A. Livingstone**, was an English [Anglican](/source/Anglicanism) theologian, who specialised in [patristics](/source/Patristics).

## Life

### Education

Livingstone held a [Master of Arts](/source/Master_of_Arts_(Oxbridge_and_Dublin)) degree from the [University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford) and a [Lambeth](/source/Lambeth_degree) [Doctorate of Divinity](/source/Doctorate_of_Divinity).[1]

### Academic work

Livingstone was co-editor with [Frank Leslie Cross](/source/Frank_Leslie_Cross) of the first edition of *The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church* in 1957 and continued as editor of later editions after Cross's death in 1968.[2] She is also the editor of *The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church*.[3]

Following Cross's death, Livingstone, previously his assistant, organised the [Oxford International Conferences on Patristic Studies](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oxford_International_Conferences_on_Patristic_Studies&action=edit&redlink=1) from 1969 to 1995, and also edited the record of the proceedings published as *[Studia Patristica](/source/Studia_Patristica)*.[2][3] She was originally assigned a committee of 26 scholars to assist her in the editorial work, but her work was so effective that by the next edition, only 20 scholars remained. In subsequent conferences, no mention is made of editorial assistants.[4]

### Personal life and death

Elizabeth Livingstone died on 1 January 2023, at the age of 93.[5]

## Honours

In the [1986 New Year Honours](/source/1986_New_Year_Honours), Livingstone was appointed a [Member of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Member_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) for "services to Patristic Studies".[6] She was one of four people to be awarded the [President's Medal](/source/President's_Medal_(British_Academy)) of the [British Academy](/source/British_Academy) in 2015.[7][8]

Livingstone was an Honorary Fellow of [St Stephen's House, Oxford](/source/St_Stephen's_House%2C_Oxford).[1]

## Selected works

- [Cross, F. L.](/source/Frank_Leslie_Cross); Livingstone, E. A., eds. (1997). [*The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church*](https://archive.org/details/oxforddictionary00late) (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0192116550](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0192116550).

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ststephens_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ststephens_1-1) ["Home – Meet the Staff"](https://web.archive.org/web/20181016164948/https://ststephenshousecommonroom.weebly.com/meet-the-staff.html). *St. Stephen's House Common Room*. Archived from [the original](https://ststephenshousecommonroom.weebly.com/meet-the-staff.html) on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-odcc_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-odcc_2-1) Cross, F. L; Livingstone, E. A, eds. (2005). "The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church". [*Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church – Oxford Reference*](http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780192802903.001.0001/acref-9780192802903). Oxford University Press. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/acref/9780192802903.001.0001](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Facref%2F9780192802903.001.0001). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780192802903](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780192802903).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-codcc_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-codcc_3-1) "The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church". [*Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church – Oxford Reference*](http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198614425.001.0001/acref-9780198614425). Oxford University Press. 2006. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/acref/9780198614425.001.0001](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Facref%2F9780198614425.001.0001). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780198614425](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780198614425).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Kannengieser, Charles (1989). ["Fifty Years of Patristics"](https://www.proquest.com/docview/1297033418). *Theological Studies*. **50** (4): 633–656, 648. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1177/004056398905000401](https://doi.org/10.1177%2F004056398905000401). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [157064139](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:157064139). [ProQuest](/source/ProQuest) [1297033418](https://www.proquest.com/docview/1297033418).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Dr Elizabeth Anne (Betsy) Livingstone death notice"](https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/births-marriages-and-deaths-january-11-2023-xfqk7j3m5). *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-LG_6-0)** ["No. 50361"](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/50361/supplement/11). *[The London Gazette](/source/The_London_Gazette)* (Supplement). 30 December 1985. pp. 11–14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["The British Academy President's Medal"](https://www.britac.ac.uk/british-academy-presidents-medal). *British Academy*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["UK News in Brief"](https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2015/2-october/news/uk/uk-news-in-brief). *[Church Times](/source/Church_Times)*. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

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