Arthur Mesac Knight (9 July 1864 – 4 October 1939)[1] was the third Bishop of Rangoon from 1903 to 1909.[2][3]
He was educated at Rossall and Pembroke College, Cambridge.[4] Ordained in 1890,[5] he was initially a Curate at St Andrew's, Bishop Auckland[6] before becoming Fellow and Dean of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge[7] and a Lecturer in Divinity at the university.
He was appointed to the episcopate in December 1902, based on the recommendation of the Secretary of State for India.[8] Taking up the position early in 1903,[9] he only served for six years, afterwards becoming Warden of St Augustine's Missionary College, Canterbury.[10] From 1928, his last posts were as Rector of Lyminge (until 1935) and Assistant Bishop of Canterbury (until his death).[11][12]
References
edit- ^ Obituary Dr. A. M. Knight The Times Friday, Oct 06, 1939; pg. 10; Issue 48429; col D
- ^ Lambeth Palace Library website, Knight; Arthur Mesac (1864-1939); bishop of Rangoon
- ^ Google Books website, The Anglican Church in Burma: From Colonial Past to Global Future, by Edward Jarvis
- ^ "Knight, Arthur Mesac (KNT883AM)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Ordinations. Durham The Times Thursday, Feb 20, 1890; pg. 13; Issue 32940; col F
- ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
- ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 870.
- ^ "New Bishop of Rangoon". The Times. No. 36945. London. 8 December 1902. p. 6.
- ^ “Christian Missions in Burma” Purser, WCB Westminster, SPG, 1911
- ^ Historic Canterbury
- ^ “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ "Clerical obituary". Church Times. No. 4003. 13 October 1939. p. 315. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 6 March 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.