Brent, Charles Henry, 1862-1929
Variant namesEpiscopal bishop, missionary, author; chief of chaplain services, Amer. Exped. Forces during WWI.
From the description of Letter to Mrs. J. Malcolm Forbes [manuscript], 1927 May 6. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647953607
Clergyman and missionary.
From the description of Papers of Charles Henry Brent, 1860-1991 (bulk 1901-1929). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449272
Biographical Note
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1862, Apr. 9:
Born, Newcastle, Ontario, Canada -
1884:
A.B. with honors in classics, Trinity College, University of Toronto, Canada -
1885 -1987 :Undermaster, Trinity College School, Port Hope, Canada -
1886:
Ordained deacon, Protestant Episcopal Church -
1887:
Ordained priest -
1889:
A.M., Trinity College, University of Toronto, Canada -
1891:
Became an American citizen -
1891 -1901 :Assistant rector, St. Stephen's Church, Boston, Mass. -
1899:
Published With God in the World. New York: Longmans, Green -
1901 -1918 :Missionary bishop to the Philippine Islands -
1903 -1914 :Member of committee appointed by the Philippine government for investigation of the opium question -
1904:
Paddock lecturer, General Theological Seminary, New York, N.Y. -
1907:
William Belden Noble lecturer, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. -
1908 -1919 :Chief commissioner for the United States and president of the first International Opium Commission, Shanghai, China -
1910:
Attended International Missionary Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland -
1911 -1912 :Chairman, U.S. delegation to the International Opium Conference, Hague, Netherlands (president of the conference, 1912) -
1916:
Published A Master Builder, Being the Life and Letters of Henry Yates Satterlee, First Bishop of Washington. New York: Longmans, Green -
1918:
Published The Mount of Vision, Being a Study of Life in Terms of the Whole. New York: Longmans, Green Elected Bishop, Diocese of Western New York, Protestant Episcopal Church -
1918 -1919 :Chief, Chaplain Service, American Expeditionary Forces, France -
1919 -1929 :Bishop, Diocese of Western New York, Protestant Episcopal Church -
1920:
Chairman, Geneva meeting to plan the World Conference on Faith and Order -
1921:
Duff lecturer, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen universities, Scotland. -
1923:
Appointed by President Warren G. Harding to the Advisory Committee on Narcotics of the League of Nations -
1924:
Last attendance at opium conference -
1926 -1928 :Bishop in charge of American Episcopal churches in Europe -
1927:
President, first World Conference on Faith and Order -
1928:
Represented the Protestant Episcopal Church of America at the installation of Cosmo Gordon Lang as Archbishop of Canterbury; last public appearance -
1929, Mar. 27:
Died, Lausanne, Switzerland
From the guide to the Charles Henry Brent Papers, 1860-1991, (bulk 1901-1929), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
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Birth 1862-04-09
Death 1929-03-27
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