Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

JAMES HANNINGTON (1847-1885)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 922 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

JAMES See also:HANNINGTON (1847-1885)  , See also:English missionary, was See also:born at Hurstpierpoint, in See also:Sussex, on the 3rd of See also:September 1847 . From earliest childhood he displayed a love of See also:adventure and natural See also:history . At school he made little progress, and See also:left at the See also:age of fifteen for his See also:father's counting-See also:house at See also:Brighton . He had no See also:taste for See also:office See also:work, and much of his See also:time was occupied in commanding a See also:battery of See also:volunteers and in See also:charge of a See also:steam See also:launch . At twenty-one he decided on a clerical career and entered St See also:Mary's See also:Hall, See also:Oxford, where he exercised a remarkable See also:influence over his See also:fellow-undergraduates . He was, however, a desultory student, and in 1870 was advised to go to the little See also:village of Martinhoe, in See also:Devon, for quiet See also:reading, but distinguished himself more by his daring climbs after See also:sea-gulls' eggs and his See also:engineering skill in cutting a pathway along precipitous cliffs to some caves . In 1872 the See also:death of his See also:mother made a deep impression upon him . He began to read hard, took his B.A. degree, and in 1873 was ordained See also:deacon and placed in charge of the small See also:country See also:parish of Trentishoe in Devon . Whilst See also:curate in charge at Hurstpierpoint, his thoughts were turned by the See also:murder of two missionaries on the shores of See also:Victoria See also:Nyanza to See also:mission work . He offered himself to the See also:Church Missionary Society and sailed on the 17th of May 1882, at the See also:head of a party of six, for See also:Zanzibar, and thence set out for See also:Uganda; but, prostrated by See also:fever and See also:dysentery, he was obliged to return to See also:England in 1883 . On his recovery he was consecrated See also:bishop of Eastern See also:Equatorial See also:Africa (See also:June 1884), and in See also:January 1885 started again for the See also:scene of his mission, and visited See also:Palestine on the way . On his arrival at Freretown, near See also:Mombasa, he visited many stations in the neighbourhood .

Then, filled with the See also:

idea of opening a new route to Uganda, he set out and reached a spot near Victoria Nyanza in safety . His arrival, however, roused the suspicion of the natives, and under See also:King Mwanga's orders he was lodged in a filthy hut swarming with rats and See also:vermin . After eight days his men were murdered, and on the 29th of See also:October 1885 he himself was speared in both sides, his last words to the soldiers appointed to kill him being, " Go, tell Mwanga I have See also:purchased the road to Uganda with my See also:blood." His Last See also:Journals were edited in 1888 . See also See also:Life by E . C . See also:Dawson (1887); and W . G . See also:Berry, Bishop See also:Hannington (7908) .

End of Article: JAMES HANNINGTON (1847-1885)
[back]
HANNINGTON
[next]
HANNO

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.