George West

Religious Leader

1893 – 1980

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Who was George West?

George Algernon West, MM was a British Anglican missionary who spent many years in Burma, first as a missionary for the Society for Propagation of the Gospel and then as the Lord Bishop of Rangoon. In the latter position he served for nineteen years, and gradually became active involved with the Moral Re-Armament movement. After retiring from Burma in 1954 he became Assistant Bishop of Durham.

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Born
Dec 17, 1893
County Durham
Religion
  • Church of England
Education
  • Lincoln College, Oxford
Died
May 25, 1980

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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