Richard Rutt

Rutt was the son of Cecil Rutt and Mary Hare (née Turner).Debrett's People of Today (1 November 2000). He was educated at Huntingdon Grammar School, Kelham Theological College in Nottinghamshire and Pembroke College, Cambridge, from which he received his Master of Arts degree.{{Who's Who | title=RUTT, Rev. Mgr Canon (Cecil) Richard| id = U33521 | type = was | volume = 2021 | edition = online}}

Rutt was made deacon at Michaelmas (29 September) 1951{{Church Times | title = Michaelmas ordinations | archive = 1951_10_05_681 | issue = 4626 | date = 5 October 1951 | page = 681 | accessed = 6 March 2021 }} and ordained priest on St Matthew's Day (21 September) 1952 — both times by Edward Wynn, Bishop of Ely, at Ely Cathedral.{{Church Times | title = Ordinations at St Matthewstide | archive = 1952_09_26_688 | issue = 4677 | date = 26 September 1952 | page = 688 | accessed = 6 March 2021 }}Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975–76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}} After a curacy at St George's Cambridge{{cite web|url=http://www.chestertonchallenge.org.uk/parish/bul.htm |title=Church details|publisher=Chestertonchallenge.org|accessdate=22 October 2014}} he went to South Korea as a missionary in 1954 together with Roger Tennant.The Living church 1962 – Volume 145 – Page 59 "All of my subsequent enriching experiences with the Koreans have been through Miss Roberts, the Rev. C. Roger Tennant, and the Rev. Richard Rutt. Of all the Church's work that Miss Roberts has shown me, the leper rehabilitation settlement" In 1965 he was appointed Archdeacon of West Seoul. In June 1966 he was appointed an assistant bishop of the Diocese of Daejeon by Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury;"Assistant Bishop in Korea", The Times (11 June 1966): 12. he was consecrated a bishop on 28 October 1966 (the Feast of SS Simon and Jude).{{Church Times | title = Around the dioceses: St Albans | archive = 1966_10_14_015 | issue = 5409 | date = 14 October 1966 | page = 15 | accessed = 15 March 2021 }} In February 1968, his appointment as diocesan Bishop of Daejeon was announced."New Bishop of Taejon", The Times (1 February 1968): 10.{{Church Times | title = New Bishop of Taejon appointed | archive = 1968_02_02_016 | issue = 5477 | date = 2 February 1968 | page = 16 | accessed = 15 March 2021 }} He was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1973.

Feeling that the time had come for Koreans to take charge of their portion of the Anglican Communion, in 1973 Rutt offered his resignation as Bishop of Daejeon, intending to continue serving as a simple parish priest in the country he had come to love so much. That proved to be impossible and in January 1974 he was appointed suffragan bishop of the Church of England's Diocese of Truro with the title Bishop of St Germans;"New Post for Korea Bishop", The Times (16 January 1974): 14. He took up that post on Ascension Day (23 May) 1974;{{Church Times | title = First bishop to speak Cornish. Language-learner. | archive = 1974_03_15_008 | issue = 5796 | date = 15 March 1974 | page = 8 | accessed = 15 March 2021 }} while in Cornwall he learned the Cornish language to celebrate weddings in Cornish. In October 1978 he was named Bishop of Leicester:"New Bishop of Leicester", The Times (1 November 1978): 19. he took up the See between his predecessor's retirement at the end of 1978 and his own enthronement on 24 March 1979.{{Church Times | title = picture caption | archive = 1979_03_30_003 | issue = 6059 | date = 30 March 1979 | page = 3 | accessed = 15 March 2021 }}

In 1982 Rutt, who was always strongly inclined to Anglo-Catholicism, voted against the unity covenant with the Methodist, Moravian and United Reformed churches."Clergy Veto Church Unity", The Times (8 July 1982): 1. In July 1985 he was introduced into the House of Lords."New Bishop", The Times (3 July 1985): 4. He retired on 1 October 1990{{Church Times | title = Bishop Rutt to cast off | archive = 1990_06_08_001 | issue = 6643 | date = 8 June 1990 | page = 1 | accessed = 15 March 2021 }} and went to live in Falmouth, in the Cornwall he had come to love. He died in his 87th year at Treliske Hospital, Truro.{{cite web|title=The Times|url=http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?n=cecil-richard-rutt&pid=152848261|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505061523/http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?n=cecil-richard-rutt&pid=152848261|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 May 2013|work=Cecil Richard Rutt|accessdate=5 August 2011}}

In September 1994, Rutt became a Roman Catholic{{Church Times | title = Two bishops go to Rome | archive = 1994_10_07_003 | issue = 6869 | date = 7 October 1994 | page = 3 | accessed = 15 March 2021 }} and in June 1995 he was ordained as a Roman Catholic priestRuth Gledhill, "Bishops Lead Exodus to Rome – Women Priests", The Times. 24 February 1994."Catholic Church to Ordain Two Married Anglican Priests", Associated Press, 24 May 1995. by Christopher Budd, Roman Catholic Bishop of Plymouth, at Buckfast Abbey.{{Church Times | title = picture caption | archive = 1995_06_23_002 | issue = 6906 | date = 23 June 1995 | page = 2 | accessed = 15 March 2021 }} He spent his last years in residence at St Mary Immaculate Parish in Falmouth.[http://www.plymouth-diocese.org.uk/index.php?q=book/export/html/52] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010110345/http://www.plymouth-diocese.org.uk/index.php?q=book%2Fexport%2Fhtml%2F52|date=10 October 2007}} In 2009 he was made a Prelate of Honour, with the title of Monsignor, by Pope Benedict XVI."Pope Hands out Ancient Title to Retired Newquay Churchman", Cornish Guardian, 18 March 2009. He was an honorary canon of Plymouth Cathedral.

While in Korea, from 1954 to 1974, Rutt studied in great depth the language, culture and history of Korea, as well as Classical Chinese. He was an active member of the Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch, serving on the council, overseeing its publications and serving as its president in 1974. He published six scholarly papers in the RASKB's journal, Transactions,{{cite web|url=http://hompi.sogang.ac.kr/anthony/Transactions.htm|title=TRANSACTIONS : of the Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch|publisher=Hompi.sogang.ac.kr|accessdate=22 October 2014}} most of which reveal his deep knowledge of the Classical Chinese used in pre-modern Korea.cf. Richard Rutt, "The Chinese Learning and Pleasures of a Country Scholar", 36 (1960) His deep affection for the traditional culture of Korea, which had in fact almost ceased to exist by the time he arrived, was particularly expressed in his very popular volume, Korean Works and Days: Notes from the Diary of a Country Priest. One of his notable works of scholarship, apart from his translations, was his annotated edition (RASKB, 1972 / 1983) of the History of the Korean People by James Scarth Gale (first published in 1927) which includes a researched biography of the author. Like Gale, Rutt was fascinated by Classical Chinese and, after his retirement, he published a new translation of a challenging ancient Chinese classic, The Book of Changes, in 1996. He later assisted the historical research of the Anglican priest Roger TennantCharles Roger Tennant A History of Korea 1996 as well as co-authoring the encyclopaedia Korea: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary with Keith Pratt. He was a member of both the Association of Korean Studies in Europe (AKSE) founded by William E. Skillend of SOAS and the British Association for Korean Studies (BAKS). In particular, Rutt was fascinated by traditional and formal sijo and older forms of Korean poetry in general.The Bamboo Grove: An Introduction to Sijo, ed. Richard Rutt (U. of Michigan Press, 1998)Rutt, Richard. "The Translation of Korean Literature: Problems and Achievements", In Yonp'o Yi Ha-yun sonsaeng hwagap kinyom nonmunjip palgan wiwonhoe, ed. He owned a large collection of books related to Korea, including some rare Korean volumes, which he donated to the Bodleian Library at Oxford University.{{cite web|url=http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/64295/annualreport0708.pdf|title=Annual Report 2007/8|publisher=Bodleian.ox.ac.uk|page=14|accessdate=22 October 2014}}

Rutt developed a passionate interest in knitting and authored a history of the craft in A History of Hand Knitting (Batsford, 1987). His collection of books about knitting is now housed at the Winchester School of Art (University of Southampton).[http://www.southampton.ac.uk/library/bopcris/wsa.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001133857/http://www.southampton.ac.uk/library/bopcris/wsa.html|date=1 October 2010}} Rutt was involved with the Knitting & Crochet Guild since its inception in 1978 and was its president at the time of his death.{{cite web|title=Knitting & Crochet Guild|url=http://www.kcguild.org.uk/cms/index.php?id=4385|work=The Guild is saddened by the new of its President's death|accessdate=5 August 2011}}

Rutt married Joan Ford (3 April 1919 – 17 September 2007) in Hong Kong in May 1969."Forthcoming Marriages", The Times (10 February 1969): 10. He was a bard of the Cornish Gorseth. His Korean name was Tae-yŏng No.

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Rutt, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 30+ works in 70+ publications in three languages and 3,000+ library holdings{{cite web|url=http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/identities/default.htm|title=WorldCat Identities|publisher=Oclc.org|accessdate=22 October 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50-41995|title=Rutt, Richard|publisher=Worldcat.org|accessdate=22 October 2014}}

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• 2002 — Martyrs of Korea
• 1999 — Korea: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary(with Keith L. Pratt)
• 1996 — The Book of Changes (Zhouyi): A Bronze Age Document
• 1987 — A History of Hand Knitting
• 1980 — A Nine Cloud Dream by Man-jung Kim
• 1974 — Virtuous Women: Three Classic Korean Novels
• 1972 — History of the Korean People (James Scarth Gale)
• 1971 — The Bamboo Grove: An Introduction to Sijo
• 1964 — Korean Works and Days: Notes from the Diary of a Country Priest
• 1958 — An Introduction to the Sijo, a Form of Short Korean Poem
• 1956 — The Church Serves Korea

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