Author: DENIS, FATHER (OF THE SOCIETY OF SAINT FRANCIS)
Title: Father Algy
Description: London, Hodder and Stoughton. 1964, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine clean, tight and unmarked copy with VG dustjacket which has age darkening to spine. The biography of 'Algy' the nickname acquired by William Strowan Amherst Robertson (1894-1957) as a schoolboy at Westminster. He was one of the pioneers of the Franciscan movement in the Anglican Church, a spiritual director, a missionary in India, associated with the Oxford Movement, had respect for other faiths, and when Gandhi was shot declared a day of mourning. NOT EX LIB R1. Very Good/Very Good.

Keywords: William Strowan Amherst Robertson, Oxford Movement, Saint Paul's College Calcutta, Church Missionary Society,Brotherhood of the Holy Cross, Anglican Franciscans


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