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=Stratford Caldecott=

Stratford Caldecott was born in London to parents from South Africa on the 26th of November 1953. He studied Philosophy and Psychology as an undergraduate at Hertford College, in Oxford. After his studies he decided to become a publisher, as his father was before him. He met his wife, a fellow Student, Leonie Richards, in Oxford. They got married in 1977. This event changed his life. Through Leonie he became interested in the Christian faith, leading to his Conversion and reception into the Catholic Church in 1980.

He worked with a Baha'i publisher, then with Routhledge & Kegan Paul in London. He also worked as an editor for HarperCollins, T&T Clark and Sophia Institute Press. He became a religious and theological editor after joining the Catholic Church in 1980.

He also founded the center for Faith and Culture at Westminster College. On top of all these accomplishments he organized and spoke at many conferences, ( the most successful was on the reform of the Liturgy called "Beyond the Prosaic" in 1996) taught at many colleges, has written and published widely on Christian apologetics, Theology and Cultural themes in Magazines and newspapers in England and in the United States. He also published a newsletter called Faith & Culture Bulletin, which was sent free of charge to whoever was interested.

All though Stratford Caldecott never studied Theology at the University, his work with Communio and T&T Clark gave him many possibilities to follow his growing interest in this Subject. In 2013 Stratford was awarded with an Honorary Doctorate in Theology by the Pontifical John Paul II Institute.

Stratford died on the 17th of July 2014 in London, at the age of 60.

Stratford Caldecott won the Russel Kirk Paideia Prize in 2015:

Obituaries
In Angelico Press: 

In Patheos: 

In Catholic Harlod: 

Essays by Stratford
Conversion Story:

Christian Taoism:

I am therefore what?:

Family at the heart:

About Gilbert Keith Chesterton:

Three kinds of hope:

Stratford's thoughts on cancer and dying: Oncology (study of tumors) verses Ontology (study of being): 

# Cap for Strat
Stratford Caldecott Also was a huge comic book fan, he loved the fight between good and evil, and the theme of hope that the comics portrait. When he was diagnosed with Prostrate cancer in October 2011, his daughter asked the actors of Marvel to show him their support. Many of Hollywood's biggest stars supported "#Cap for Strat" Twitter hashtag, where stars on social media posted selfies, holding a sign that said: #Cap for Strat, to support Stratford in his illness. The response was overwhelming, which made him very happy. He was too ill to see the latest Avenger's movie (The winter soldier) in the cinema, so the movie was brought to him, so he could watch it at home.



Stratford's view on Education
Beauty in Education, an interview with Charlotte Ostermann: Search for wisdom in education:

For Stratford Caldecott education is very hugely about the relationship between the teacher and the student. He looks to the Quadrivium and Trivium to return to and renew education and show the connection between the subjects, and bring them back to the reality and to the meaning of their importance.