Richard Howard (priest)

Richard Thomas Howard (12 June 1884[1] – 1 November 1981[2]) was an Anglican priest and author.

[3] During the Coventry Blitz on 14–15 November 1940 he went on the roof to try to save the cathedral but when many incendiary bombs descended he had no choice but to rescue some important artefacts and then retreat to his Anderson shelter.

With the City Council he led the way in town twinning, beginning with Kiel, which had been similarly bombed.

Howard was educated at Monkton Combe School and Jesus College, Cambridge.

In 1912 he went to St. John's College, Agra for the Church Missionary Society (CMS).