James Hannington - First Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa. A History of his Life and Work, 1847-1885

Language: English

Published by London, Seeley and Co. Limited, 1899

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Seller: Inanna Rare Books Ltd., Skibbereen, Cork, IrelandInanna Rare Books Ltd.

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13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, VIII, 392 pages. Fold-out map at rear of "Eastern Central Africa". Hardcover [publisher's original brown cloth] with gilt lettering and blind tooling on spine and front board. Gilt design on front board. Deckled edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Tissue guard shows foxing. Interior is bright and clean. Includes, for example, the following: Parentage and Childhood / Business and Pleasure / The Turning Point - Ordination - The Great Change / The Beckoning Hand / The First Missionary Journey. Zanzibar to Mpwapwa / The Second Missionary Journey etc. James Hannington (3 September 1847 29 October 1885) was an English Anglican missionary, saint and martyr. He was the first Anglican bishop of East Africa. Educated at St. Mary Hall, Oxford, and ordained in 1874, Hannington became a curate in Sussex in 1875. In 1878 his thoughts were turned to mission work by the murder of two missionaries on the shores of Lake Victoria. Volunteering for service in Uganda with the Church Missionary Society, Hannington sailed in 1882, at the head of a party of six, for Zanzibar, and thence set out for Uganda, but was forced by illness to return to England in 1883. On his recovery he was consecrated bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa (June 1884) and in 1885 reached Lake Victoria, only to be killed with his men within a few days by order of King Mwanga II of Buganda. The story of this journey is given in his own Last Journals, which were published in 1888. His last recorded words were "go tell your master that I have purchased the road to Uganda with my blood", he was 38 years old. (Wikipedia). …

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Title
James Hannington - First Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa. A History of his Life and Work, 1847-1885
Author
[Hannington, James] Dawson, E.C.
Publisher
London, Seeley and Co. Limited
Publication year
1899
Condition
Gut
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
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