Geoffrey William Hugo Lampe MC FBA (13 August 1912 – 5 August 1980) was a British theologian and Anglican priest who dedicated his life to theological teaching and research.
He was Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham from 1953 to 1960.
Lampe was educated at Blundells School between 1926 and 1931, from where he won a scholarship to Exeter College, Oxford.
[2] Lampe was a chaplain to 34 Armoured Brigade during the second half of World War II, and was awarded the Military Cross for bravery when rescuing wounded troops when under fire.
[3] He was particularly renowned for his dictionary of patristic Greek, i.e. of vocabulary attested in Christian authors from Clement of Rome to Theodore of Studium.