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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Ralston, William H., Rev. Dr.
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Other form(s) of name
- the Rev. Dr. William H. Ralston
- the Rev. Dr. William Ralston
- Fr. William Ralston
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Description area
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History
The Rev. Dr. William H. Ralston was an Episcopal priest who taught at the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee, at the time of writing to Merton. He was on the editorial board of the literary magazine, «The Sewanee Review». He had a love of the «Book of Common Prayer» and helped found the society to preserve its usage. He went on to become the rector of St. John's, Savannah.