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Bell, George Kennedy Allen, son of the Rev. James Allen Bell, Canon of Norwich, by Sara Georgina, daughter of John George Megaw, of Upper Norwood, Surrey; b. Feb. 4, 1883; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 24, 1896; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1901, matric. Michaelmas 1901; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1903; 2nd class Lit. Hum. 1905; Newdigate Prize for English Verse 1904; B.A. 1905; M.A. 1910; D.D. 1924; Lecturer and Tutor at Ch. Ch. 1910-4, official student 1911-4; Wells Theol. Coll. 1906; ordained 1907; Curate of Leeds 1907-10; Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Wakefield 1910-6; Resident Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury 1914-24; Dean of Canterbury March 21, 1924; editor of The Meaning of the Creed (1917), and other works; consecrated Bishop of Chichester June 12, 1929; Hon. Student of Ch. Ch. 1952; resigned his bishopric 1958; for many years the recognized leader of the Anglican Communion in ecumenical matters; Asst. Sec. of the Lambeth Conference 1920; Epicopa; Sec. 1930; Chairman of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches at its first assembly in 1948, and elected Hon. President of the Council on his retirement from the chair in 1954; author of Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (1935); a Busby Trustee June 17, 1931; m. Jan. 8, 1918, Henrietta Grace Millicent, elder daughter of the Rev. Richard John Livingstone, Rector of Pencombe, co. Hereford; d. Oct. 4, 1958.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1883 to Election 1960, Volume 3, compiled by J.B. Whitmore, G.R.Y. Radcliffe and D.C. Simpson, Barnet, 1963