Dick Sheppard
(1880-1937), Clerical reformer and vicar of St Martin-in-the-FieldsHugh Richard Lawrie ('Dick') Sheppard
Sitter in 23 portraits
Educated at Cambridge, Sheppard took holy orders in 1908 and became the Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields in 1914. In 1917, with William Temple, later Archbishop of Canterbury, he inaugurated the Life and Liberty movement, an unofficial body created to stimulate changes within the Church of England. They were members of the BBC's advisory committee on religious broadcasting, together developing this form of evangelism. Sheppard's gift for communication and his open-door policy for the urban homeless pioneered social concern for this underclass, making St-Martin-in-the-Fields one of the best known parishes in the country. A convinced pacifist, Sheppard founded the Peace Pledge Union in 1934.
by Howard Instead
matte bromide print, early 1920s
NPG Ax25005
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 16 April 1935
NPG x84741
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 16 April 1935
NPG x26651
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 16 April 1935
NPG x26650
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 16 April 1935
NPG x26652
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1937
NPG x2100
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1937
NPG x2101
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1937
NPG x2102
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1937
NPG x2103
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1937
NPG Ax136143
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