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member, Winchester Talking Newspaper Association. I was privileged to meet with him on a regular basis when he would share with me some of his experiences. He told me that his retirement years in Winchester were proving to be the most enjoyable time of his life. After a long illness, Donald Coggan died peacefully in a nursing home in Winchester on 17th May 2000. A memorial service was held in Winchester Cathedral on 30th June 2000. The sermon was given by The Rt Revd Michael Turnbull, Bishop of Durham. The Bishop highlighted his work which contributed to the New English Bible and the Revised English Bible, the latter published when Donald Coggan was in his eightieth year. How strange that two OMTs worked on different English versions of the Bible, four centuries apart.

The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Donald Coggan: 1909-2000 Donald Coggan (1923-1928) attended Merchant Taylors’ from the age of 14, and went on to St John’s College, Cambridge. He eventually became Archbishop of York before being appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 1974. After retiring, Dr Coggan and his wife Jean moved to Winchester in 1989, where he became an Assistant Bishop in the diocese. They chose Winchester because their two daughters, Ruth, formerly a missionary doctor in Pakistan, and Ann, formerly a teacher at Pilgrim’s School, were both living in the city. On a personal note, I was delighted when in 1990, he agreed to assume the role of President of a fledgeling charity of which I was a founder

Above: Dr Donald Coggan in 1975, pictured with HRH Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother at the opening of the Music Block