Douglas Noel Sargent (1907–1979) was the third

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Sargent was born near

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, and educated at Watford Grammar School for Boys,

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and the London College of Divinity; and

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in 1932. His first post was as

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at Willian, Hertfordshire. Subsequently, he embarked on a long spell as a

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in Sichuan Province at

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, where he worked as a lecturer. During his stay in Sichuan, he became

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to Bishop C. T. Song and assistant secretary for the

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. In 1942 he married Imogene Ward, the daughter of American Methodist missionaries. From 1947 to 1948 he studied at

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. From 1961 until 1962 he was principal of the Church Missionary Society when he was elevated to the

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,''

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'', Wednesday, 14 March 1962; p. 14; Issue 55339; col E ''Ecclesiastical News Bishop Suffragan Of Selby'' a post he held until his retirement to

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1907 births 1979 deaths People educated at Watford Grammar School for Boys Anglican missionaries in Sichuan Bishops of Selby Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Alumni of the London College of Divinity Academic staff of West China Union University Union Theological Seminary (New York City) alumni 20th-century Church of England bishops {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub

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