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'''Alfred Edmeads Cowley''' (1849–1916) was a [[Church Missionary Society]] [[missionary]] to ''Sindh Mission'' or ''Karachi Mission'' – then-part of [[Western India]] before the [[Partition of India]].<ref name="R1">{{cite web |
'''Alfred Edmeads Cowley''' (1849–1916) was a [[Church Missionary Society]] [[missionary]] to ''Sindh Mission'' or ''Karachi Mission'' – then-part of [[Western India]] before the [[Partition of India|independence]] in 1947.<ref name="R1">{{cite web|url=http://www.archivescanada.ca/english/search/ItemDisplay.asp?sessionKey=999999999_142&l=1&lvl=1&v=0&coll=1&itm=228439&rt=1&bill=1 |title=Histoire Administrative/Notice Biographique |quote=Alfred Edmeads Cowley served as a Missionary in Karachi, Sindh, Western India from 1872 to 1876 |publisher=archivescanada.ca |accessdate=July 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924041911/http://www.archivescanada.ca/english/search/ItemDisplay.asp?sessionKey=999999999_142&l=1&lvl=1&v=0&coll=1&itm=228439&rt=1&bill=1 |archivedate=September 24, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="R2">{{cite web |url= http://nanna.lib.umanitoba.ca/icaatom/index.php/alfred-edmeads-cowley-fonds;rad |title= Alfred Edmeads Cowley |publisher= nanna.lib.umanitoba.ca |quote= Alfred Edmeads Cowley was born at Fairford, Rupert's Land in 1849. He was ordained Deacon on February 25, 1872, and Priest on September 24, 1876, by Archbishop of Canterbury. He served as a Missionary in Karachi, Sindh, Western India from 1872 to 1876. |accessdate= July 21, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="R3">{{cite book |author= Church Missionary Society |title= Missionary register, Volume 43 |publisher= Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=vagoAAAAYAAJ&q=Cowley&pg=PA457|year= 1855|pages= 111–112 |work= Harvard University}}</ref> |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Cowley was born in 1849 at |
Cowley was born in 1849 at Fairford, [[Rupert's Land]]—then part of [[British North America]], and now part of [[Manitoba]], Canada. Having been [[ordination|ordained]] as a [[deacon]] on 25 February 1872, he was sent as a [[Church Missionary Society]] (CMS) missionary to [[Karachi]], chief station of ''Sindh Mission'' in 1872, where he served till 1876 – ''Sindh Mission'' was begun in 1850 as a mission to [[Muslim]]s after the [[Sindh Province]] was annexed by [[British Raj]] in 1843 – In 1852, a school was started on own expense by Colonel Preedy, the first magistrate of Karachi; later, that school came as a gift to CMS in running the school after his transfer – [[James Sheldon]] was the first CMS missionary to ''Sindh Mission'' in 1854.<ref name="R1"/><ref name="R2"/><ref name="R3"/><ref>{{cite book |title= The Church Missionary Intelligencer |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=0hYFAAAAQAAJ&q=Sindh+Mission&pg=PA258|year= 1854|page= 258|work= Oxford University}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Neill |first= Stephen |title= A History of Christianity in India: 1707–1858 |publisher= Cambridge University Press |
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|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xi-tvrYbYxMC&q=CMS+missionaries%2C+Sindh%2C+punjab&pg=PA272 |year= 2002 |page= 272|isbn=978-0-521-89332-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Brown |first= Pauline A. |title= Jars of Clay:Ordinary Christians on an Extraordinary Mission in Southern Pakistan |publisher= Doorlight Publications |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=uzRmp2Y1ZMYC&q=Ernest+Trumpp%2C+Sindh&pg=PA5|year= 2006 |page= 5|isbn=978-0-9778372-0-5}}</ref> |
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On account of ill |
On account of ill health, he returned to England on 14 February 1876, but was later transferred to North-West America to assist his aged-father. Between 1876 and 1881, he was an incumbent for St. Clement's Church, [[Mapleton, Ontario|Mapleton]] – St. Clement's Church became independent of the CMS in 1879. In 1879, he married Hart Davies, principal of Principal of the [[Ladies' College]] in [[Winnipeg]], Manitoba. In spite of receiving an offer to return to [[India]] in 1880, but could not be carried into effect.<ref name="R1"/><ref name="R2"/>{{clarify|date=December 2014}} |
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He was made an [[Canon (priest)|Honorary Canon]] in 1910 after serving in positions |
He was made an [[Canon (priest)|Honorary Canon]] in 1910 after serving in positions like [[Rector (religion)|rector]] of St. James, [[Winnipeg—Assiniboine]], and later at [[Rural Municipality of Headingley|Headingly]] between 1884 and 1911 – served as assistant secretary of CMS from 1881 to 1887 and CMS's co-secretary from 1887 to 1889 – served as rural [[Dean (religion)|dean]] of [[Selkirk, Manitoba]], from 1888 until 1911.<ref name="R1"/><ref name="R2"/> |
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* [https://archive.org/stream/churchmissionary03stocuoft/churchmissionary03stocuoft_djvu.txt The history of the Church missionary society, its environment, its men and its work] |
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* [https://books.google.com/books?id=qBgFAAAAQAAJ&q=Cowley,+CMS,+missionary,+Karachi THE CHURCH MISSIONARY INTELLIGENCER AND RECORD] |
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Latest revision as of 21:22, 18 October 2023
Alfred Edmeads Cowley (1849–1916) was a Church Missionary Society missionary to Sindh Mission or Karachi Mission – then-part of Western India before the independence in 1947.[1][2][3]
Biography
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Cowley was born in 1849 at Fairford, Rupert's Land—then part of British North America, and now part of Manitoba, Canada. Having been ordained as a deacon on 25 February 1872, he was sent as a Church Missionary Society (CMS) missionary to Karachi, chief station of Sindh Mission in 1872, where he served till 1876 – Sindh Mission was begun in 1850 as a mission to Muslims after the Sindh Province was annexed by British Raj in 1843 – In 1852, a school was started on own expense by Colonel Preedy, the first magistrate of Karachi; later, that school came as a gift to CMS in running the school after his transfer – James Sheldon was the first CMS missionary to Sindh Mission in 1854.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
On account of ill health, he returned to England on 14 February 1876, but was later transferred to North-West America to assist his aged-father. Between 1876 and 1881, he was an incumbent for St. Clement's Church, Mapleton – St. Clement's Church became independent of the CMS in 1879. In 1879, he married Hart Davies, principal of Principal of the Ladies' College in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In spite of receiving an offer to return to India in 1880, but could not be carried into effect.[1][2][clarification needed]
He was made an Honorary Canon in 1910 after serving in positions like rector of St. James, Winnipeg—Assiniboine, and later at Headingly between 1884 and 1911 – served as assistant secretary of CMS from 1881 to 1887 and CMS's co-secretary from 1887 to 1889 – served as rural dean of Selkirk, Manitoba, from 1888 until 1911.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Histoire Administrative/Notice Biographique". archivescanada.ca. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
Alfred Edmeads Cowley served as a Missionary in Karachi, Sindh, Western India from 1872 to 1876
- ^ a b c d "Alfred Edmeads Cowley". nanna.lib.umanitoba.ca. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
Alfred Edmeads Cowley was born at Fairford, Rupert's Land in 1849. He was ordained Deacon on February 25, 1872, and Priest on September 24, 1876, by Archbishop of Canterbury. He served as a Missionary in Karachi, Sindh, Western India from 1872 to 1876.
- ^ a b Church Missionary Society (1855). Missionary register, Volume 43. Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday. pp. 111–112.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ The Church Missionary Intelligencer. 1854. p. 258.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Neill, Stephen (2002). A History of Christianity in India: 1707–1858. Cambridge University Press. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-521-89332-9.
- ^ Brown, Pauline A. (2006). Jars of Clay:Ordinary Christians on an Extraordinary Mission in Southern Pakistan. Doorlight Publications. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-9778372-0-5.