Christopher Sargent
Christopher Birdwood Roussel Sargent | |
|---|---|
| Headmaster of the Diocesan Boys' School | |
| In office 1932–1938 | |
| Preceded by | Rev. William T. Featherstone |
| Succeeded by | Gerald Archer Goodban |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 June 1904 |
| Died | 8 August 1943 (aged 37) |
| Cause of death | Malaria |
| Education | St.Paul's School St. Catherine's College |
| Occupation | Schoolmaster Bishop |
Christopher Birdwood Roussel Sargent (舒展; 4 June 1906 – 8 August 1943) was a schoolmaster, missionary, and bishop of the Anglican Church.
Sargent was born into an ecclesiastical family on 4 June 1906, the son of Church of England priest Douglas Harry Grose Sargent.[1] He was educated at St Paul's School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, then worked as a schoolmaster teaching physics at Wellington College until 1932. At the invitation of Charles Ridley Duppuy, Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong, in 1932 he became the headmaster of the Diocesan Boys' School, Hong Kong. He was ordained as a deacon in 1934[2] and took up the post of assistant bishop of the Diocese of Fukien in 1938;[3][4] he was consecrated by Ronald Hall, Bishop of Victoria.[5] He became diocesan bishop of the same diocese, the Bishop in Fukien, in 1940.[6] Sargent died of malaria in Fuzhou on 8 August 1943.[7]
Materials for a biography of Reverend Sargent were collected by Reverend Robert W. Howard.
References
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- ^ Who Was Who 1897–1990 (London, A & C Black 1991, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940–1941 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ^ Ecclesiastical News Assistant Bishop In Fukien DioceseThe Times Tuesday, Jun 21, 1938; pg. 21; Issue 48026; col G
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- ^ Obituary The Rt Rev C. B. R. Sargent The Times Wednesday, Aug 11, 1943; pg. 7; Issue 49621; col E
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- Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- Hong Kong educators
- Anglican missionary bishops in China
- 1943 deaths
- Christian missionaries in Fujian
- Deaths from malaria
- English Anglican missionaries
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- 20th-century Anglican bishops in China
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