Thomas Cecil Alexander
Thomas Cecil Alexander | |
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| Born | 5 February 1884 Watton, Norfolk, England |
| Died | 4 August 1968 (aged 84) |
| Occupation | Priest |
| Known for | Scouting |
Thomas Cecil Alexander (5 February 1884 – 4 August 1968) was an Anglican priest and missionary in British Malaya, the founder of the Scouting movement in what is now the Malaysian state of Sabah.
Alexander was born in Watton in Norfolk, where his father was a doctor. After graduating from university, he was ordained in Norwich in 1909 and was a curate in Methwold.[1]
In 1912 he joined the Anglican mission at St. Thomas' Cathedral in Kuching, in Sarawak, where he was assistant to the Bishop, Rupert Mounsey.[1] In 1913 he became the priest in charge at Sandakan, then the capital of British North Borneo, where he worked particularly among the Chinese[2] and introduced Scouting.[1][3][4] He is also sometimes credited with introducing Scouting in Sarawak.[1][5]
He retired in 1955 and lived at Cromer; he died at 84 in 1968.[1]
He was awarded the Medal of Merit by the Boy Scouts Association.[1] The North Borneo Scout Movement Monument, unveiled on 28 September 2013 at St. Michael's Secondary School in Sandakan, commemorates the centenary of his introduction of Scouting there in 1913.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c d e f "Pontianak-Kuching scout movement awards 51 pioneer members", Borneo Post, 18 October 2016, retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ Edward Jarvis, The Anglican Church in Malaysia: Evolving Concepts, Challenging Contexts, Emerging Subtexts, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., p. 63.
- ^ "History of Scouting in Sabah", Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia Cawangan Sabah, 1997, archived from the original on 3 March 2019.
- ^ Oleh Norhayati Ayob, "Mengimbau Sedetik Kenangan Bersama Simon C. Yew", in: Ismail Ibrahim, ed., Menongkah Arus: Pelukis veteran Sabah: kumpulan esei, Kuala Lumpur: Institut Terjemahan & Buku Malaysia Berhad, 2013, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., p. 69 (in Malay).
- ^ According to Malaysia at Random, Singapore / Kuala Lumpur: Didier Millet, 2009, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., p. 154, in 1915.
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