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Eric Symes Abbott KCVO (26 May 1906 – 6 June 1983) was an English Anglican priest and Dean of Westminster.Abbott was born in Nottingham in 1906 to William Henry Abbott and Mary Symes both schoolteachers. He was educated at Nottingham High School and later studied classics and theology at Jesus College Cambridge. After graduating he held a number of different posts such as chaplain (1932–1936) and dean (1945–1955) of King’s College London and warden of Keble College Oxford (1956–1960).