Background
He was born in Somerset, England, and studied at King James Collegiate School in Bridgwater, England, and at Griswold College in Davenport, Iowa.
He was born in Somerset, England, and studied at King James Collegiate School in Bridgwater, England, and at Griswold College in Davenport, Iowa.
King James Collegiate School, Bridgewater, England. Graduate Griswold College, Davenport, Iowa, 1882. Doctor of Divinity, King’s College, Windsor, Nova Scoti, 1902.
Deacon, 1881, priest, 1882, Protestant Episcopal Church. In charge Trinity Church, Muscatine, Iowa, 1881-1882. Rector Saint Paul’s, San Diego, California, 1882-1902.
Held church offices of dean, examining chaplain and delegate to General Convention, Protestant Episcopal Church.
Elected first American bishop of Honolulu, April 17, 1902. Consecrated July 2, 1902.
Resigned October 1920. Editor Hawaiian Church Chronicle, 1907-1920 and, since 1930.
Author: Lay Readers, 1894.
The Love of God, 1897. Addresses on the Last Seven Words. Hawaii from the Viewpoint of a Bishop, 1924.
Gaetano Did Not Discover Hawaii, 1929.
Sun Yat Senator, Liberator of China, 1931. Trustee Library of Hawaii, since 1915, president 1927-1931.
Trustee and president Hawaiian History Society.
Member Common for Sesquicentennial Celebration of Discovery of Hawaii, 1928.
Married May L. Baker, 1882. Children: Constance (Mistress Paul Withington), Arthur Edwin, Margaret Frances (Mistress Reynold B. McGrew).