About the Author

The author was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, and educated at Clare College Cambridge majoring in Metallurgy and Computer Science. Trained as a Chartered Accountant and business analyst, he worked for many years at Unilever and Abbey National. He received the Cambridge Advanced Diploma in Orthodox Christian Studies, specialising in the early monastic fathers and the Cappadocians, and has lectured extensively in the UK and elsewhere. BSAC Course Other Sundries

A particular interest is in making the Early Church Fathers’ wisdom accessible to the world today – a requirement simplified by his recent professional experiences translating the turgid specifications of the FSA/PRA and Bank of England into language understandable by computer system developers in India. Recently he has worked for JP Morgan and HSBC in the City of London and Canary Wharf, and as a full-time volunteer for the Finance Director of the Diocese of London, Lambeth Palace and elsewhere in the Church of England. Document Warehouse Alton Talks

His background includes singing with Russian Orthodox and assorted Gregorian Chant and other Choirs. He lives in London where he is a member of St. Barnabas’ Pimlico, an Oblate at Alton Abbey (Anglican Benedictine), and is the London Secretary of the Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius. Backup page Northumbria

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Interests include daily Gregorian Chant, visiting strange corners of the Christian world, and walking in his native Northumberland. Cross ref Cross ref 1 Cross ref 2 Cross ref 3John of Beverley

Web site: http://sites.google.com/site/wjcbailey

Email: wjcbailey [at] gmail.com

Assorted publications and papers published over the years: