Background
KNIGHT, Arthur Mesac was born on July 9, 1864. Son of late Reverend John Lister Knight.
KNIGHT, Arthur Mesac was born on July 9, 1864. Son of late Reverend John Lister Knight.
Studied at Islington Proprietary School. Rossall School; Pembroke College, Cambridge. (Bell University scholar, 1885.
1st class Classical 1140 Tripos, 1886. 1st class Theological Tripos, Carus Greek Testament Prize, 1888).
Ordained Deacon, Curate to St. Andrews, Auckland, Company Durham, Advent 1888. Ordained Priest, 1890. Appointed Fellow and Dean of Gonville and Cains College, Cambridge, 1891.
Vice-Principal of Cambridge Clergy Training School, 1892. Lecturer in Divinity, Gonville and CaiusCollege, Cambridge, 1894. Bishop of Rangoon, 1903-1909. Warden St. Augustine’s Missionary College, Canterbury, since 1909.