George Bell (bishop)
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The Right Reverend George Bell |
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| Bishop of Chichester | |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Diocese | Diocese of Chichester |
| Installed | 11 June 1929 |
| Term ended | 3 October 1958 |
| Predecessor | Winfrid Burrows |
| Successor | Roger Wilson |
| Other posts |
Dean of Canterbury (1925-1929) Member, House of Lords (1937-1958) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1907 (deacon) |
| Consecration | c. 1929 |
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| Born |
4 February 1883 Hayling Island, Hampshire |
| Died | 3 October 1958 (aged 75) |
| Buried | Chichester Cathedral |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | James Allen Bell Sarah Georgina Megaw |
| Spouse | Henrietta Livingstone (married 1918) |
| Alma mater |
Christ Church, Oxford Wells Theological College |
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George Bell as Bishop of Chichester. |
George Kennedy Allen Bell (4 February 1883 – 3 October 1958) was an Anglican theologian, Dean of Canterbury, Bishop of Chichester, member of the House of Lords and a pioneer of the ecumenical movement.
Born in Hayling Island, Hampshire, as the eldest child of Sarah Georgina Megaw and her husband James Allen Bell (the vicar of the Island and later a canon at Norwich Cathedral), Bell was elected as a Queen's Scholar at Westminster School in 1896. From there he was elected to a scholarship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he gained a First in Classical Moderations in 1903 and a Second in Literae Humaniores ('Greats') in 1905. He won the Newdigate Prize for English verse in 1904 for his poem, 'Delphi'. After Oxford he attended Wells Theological College (first being influenced by ecumenism at the latter) and was ordained deacon at Ripon Cathedral in 1907. He went on to work as a curate for three years in the industrial slums of Leeds. His role there was the Christian mission to industrial workers, a third of whom were Indians and Africans from the British Empire. During his time there he learned much from the Methodists, whose connection between personal creed and social engagement he saw as an example to the Church of England.
In 1910 Bell returned to Christ Church, Oxford, as a student minister and as lecturer in Classics and English, 1910–14; he was a Student (Fellow), 1911-14. Here too he was socially engaged, as one of the founders of a cooperative for students and university members and sitting on the board of settlements and worker-development through the Workers' Educational Association (WEA).
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