Albert Ernest Richardson (b. c. 1868) was educated at Oxford High School, London City Technical College and the University of Oxford. He obtained a B.A in 1894, M.A. in 1897 and B.D. in 1901. He initially offered his services as a missionary to the Church Missionary Society (CMS) in 1895 but this was deferred. He was ordained as a deacon in 1896 and as a priest in 1897 and between 1896 and 1898 was curate of St Clement's, Ipswich. In 1898 he was accepted as a missionary and left for Lagos and then went overland to Tripoli as a member (with Walter Miller, George Burns and John Burgin) of a pioneer party for Hausaland Mission led by Bishop Tugwell. He returned to England from Hausaland in 1900. In 1902 his re-offer for service was accepted and in 1903 he went to Bombay. He resigned in 1905 on medical grounds. He was author of Hausaland and the Gospel .
Reference: Register of missionaries (clerical, lay & female) and native clergy from 1804 to 1904 (Church Missionary Society, 1905).
From the guide to the Papers of Reverend A. E. Richardson, 1899-1904, (University of Birmingham Information Services, Special Collections Department)
