Henry Whitehead (bishop)

Henry Whitehead (19 December 1853 – 14 April 1947) was an eminent Anglican bishop in the last decade of the 19th century[1] and the first quarter of the 20th.

Whitehead was educated at Sherborne and Trinity College, Oxford.[2] Ordained in 1879 his first post was as a preacher at St Nicholas, Abingdon.[3] He then emigrated to India where he was principal of Bishop’s College, Calcutta[4] from 1883 to 1899. On St Peter's Day (29 June) 1899, he was consecrated a bishop by Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral,[5] to serve as the fifth Bishop of Madras,[6][7] an office he held for 23 years. In 1903 he married Isabel Duncan.[8] A noted author on his adopted country, he died on 14 April 1947.[9] He had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD).

Whitehead was the brother of the philosopher Alfred North Whitehead and the father of the mathematician J. H. C. Whitehead.

Publications
  • Whitehead, Henry (1916). The Village Gods of South India. Humphrey Milford.
  • Whitehead, Henry (1924). Indian Problems in Religion, Education, Politics. Constable.
  • Anderson, George; Whitehead, Henry (1932). Christian Education in India. Macmillan.

References
  1. The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory London, John Phillips, 1900
  2. "Who was Who"1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  3. "Church details". Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
  4. Anglican History
  5. "Consecration of bishops". Church Times (#1901). 30 June 1899. p. 783. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 30 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  6. "Consecration Of Bishops". Canterbury Journal, Kentish Times and Farmers' Gazette. 8 July 1899. p. 7 col B. Retrieved 28 May 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. The Times, Monday, 13 February 1899; p. 12; Issue 35751; col A Ecclesiastical Intelligence New Bishop of Calcutta
  8. "Marriage". Warminster & Westbury Journal, and Wilts County Advertiser. 18 July 1903. p. 8 col E. Retrieved 28 May 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "Obituary Bishop Whitehead Forty Years In India" The Times Thursday, 17 April 1947; p. 7; Issue 50737; col E
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Frederick Gell		 Bishop of Madras
1899–1922		 Succeeded by
Edward Waller
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