Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: cambridge , england , uk - birth name: william owen chadwick - death date: 17 july 2015 - ru clubyears: 1936 -- 1938 - ru nationalyears: 1936 - ru proclubs: cambridge university - birth date: 20 may 1916 - school: tonbridge school - name: the , frse reverend owen chadwick om , kbe , fba - image: file : owen chadwick.jpg - birth place: bromley , kent , england , uk - ru position: hooker - ru nationalteam: british isles xv Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of owen chadwick .
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william owen chadwick -lrb- ; 20 may 1916 -- 17 july 2015 -rrb- was a british anglican clergyman , academic , writer , and prominent historian of christianity .he played international rugby union in his youth , and he was master of selwyn college , cambridge from 1956 to 1983 , dixie professor of ecclesiastical history from 1958 to 1968 , and regius professor of history from 1968 to 1983 .in his obituaries , he was described as '' one of the great religious historians of our time '' by the independent , and as '' one of the most remarkable men of letters of the 20th century '' by the guardian .