| The Reverend Lawrence Waddy was born in Australia in 1914. He lived in Jerusalem from 1919 until 1924. He won a Craven Scholarship in Classics at Oxford University in London, England, where he graduated in 1937. His teaching career began that year and has included posts at Winchester College, Tonbridge School, where he was Headmaster from 1949-1962, The Bishop's School in La Jolla, California and the University of California in San Diego. He was ordained an Episcopal priest in 1941 and served as a Chaplain in the Royal Navy during World War II, from 1942-1946.
His other books include Pax Romana and World Peace; The Bible as Drama; Drama in Worship; Symphony; Shakespeare Remembers; and A Parish by the Sea, a history of St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in La Jolla, California. Father Waddy directed the BBC television production of his musical, "Job" which won first prize in the Monte Carlo UNDA Film Festival in 1971. He and his wife Laurie live in La Jolla, California. |
