The Reverend Dr. Dick France has been Rector of 7 Anglican Parishes and has now retired to lives in Wales. He has taught New Testament at a variety of universities and colleges in Britain and in Nigeria, and has been a visiting professor at several North American institutions. His appointments have included being Vice Principal of the London Bible College (now London School of Theology) and, from 1989 to 1995, Principal of Wycliffe Hall, a training college for Anglican clergy in the University of Oxford. He has written books on a variety of New Testament subjects, particularly commentaries on the gospels of Matthew and Mark. He is a canon of Ibadan cathedral in Nigeria, and an honorary research fellow of the University of Wales, Bangor.

His books include:

• Jesus and the Old Testament (1982)  
• The Evidence for Jesus London:Hodder & Stoughton (1986) ISBN  0340381728   
• Matthew: Evangelist and Teacher  
• the Tyndale New Testament Commentaries volume on Matthew  (1987) ISBN  0802800637   
• the Doubleday Bible Commentary volume on Mark  
• The Gospel of Mark in the The New International Greek Testament  Commentary series  
• Divine Government: God's Kingship in the Gospel of Mark Regent  College Publishing (2003) ISBN  1573832448   
• The Gospel of Matthew in the New International Commentary on the  New Testament Grand Rapids: Eerdmans (2007) ISBN  080282501X