Jabez Whitley
The Right Reverend Jabez Cornelius Whitley (20 January 1837 – 13 October 1904) was an Anglican author and a Bishop in India from 1890 until 1904.[1]
He was born in London on 20 January 1837[2] and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge[3] and ordained in 1861.[4] He was an SPG Missionary in Delhi and then Ranchi before his elevation to the Episcopate[5] as the inaugural Bishop of Chota Nagpur.[6] He died on 13 October 1904.[7]
Works
- Primer of the Mundari Language, 1896
- Hindi Catechisms, 1897
- Translation of the Didache and the Epistles of St Ignatius, 1899
Notes
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
- ↑ Justus
- ↑ "Whitley (or Whiteley), Jabez Cornelius (WHTY855JC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
- ↑ National Archives
- ↑ Project Canterbury
- ↑ Obituary The Bishop Of Chota Nagpur The Times Wednesday, 19 October 1904; pg. 4; Issue 37529; col D
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Bishop of Chota Nagpur 1890– 1904 |
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