Background
Sidney Nowell Rostron was born on 10 August 1883 in Douglas, Isle of Manitoba His father was the Reverend I. Rostron, a vicar.
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Sidney Rostron
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He was educated at Liverpool College, then an all-boys public school in Liverpool, England. He graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1905 with a first class Bachelor of Arts (Bachelor) degree. As per tradition, in 1909 his Bachelor was promoted to a Master of Arts (Master of Arts (Cantab)) degree.
Career
He was the first Principal of Street John"s College, Durham, serving from 1909 to 1911. He then returned to parish ministry and was vicar of a number of parishes. During World War I, he served with the Army Chaplains" Department as a military chaplain.
From 1928 to 1942, he was additionally Whitehead Professor of Pastoralia at the London College of Divinity.
Sidney would later add his middle name to his surname to be known as Nowell-Rostron. In 1905, Nowell Rostron was selected to become that year"s Naden Divinity Student at Street John"s College.
This is a scholarship that funds a year of post-graduate research in divinity. He was awarded the Hulsean Prize for an essay written in 1906.
From 1905 to 1906, he also trained for ordained ministry at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, an Evangelical Anglican theological college.
From 1906 to 1909, he served his curacy at the Church of Street George, Hulme, Manchester. During this time, he was also a lecturer at the Scholae Episcopi, a short-lived theological college in Manchester. During his headship of the college, he also held permission to officiate in the Diocese of Durham.
In 1912, he left Durham to become Vicar of Street Lawrence, Kirkdale, Liverpool.
In 1914, he moved once again and became Vicar of Street Andrew"s Church, Maghull, Liverpool. Nowell Rostron temporarily left his parish post to serve as a military chaplain during World War I. On 25 April 1916, he was commissioned into the Army Chaplains" Department as a temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class (equivalent in rank to a captain).
He spent 12 months serving on the Western Front in France. On 14 December 1918, he was made an Honorary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class.
In March 1918, Nowell Rostron was appointed Secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society.
He held that appointment for a four-year term. In 1922, he became Vicar of Street Matthew"s, Bayswater. In 1928 or 1930, he joined the London College of Divinity as Whitehead Professor of Pastoralia.
He held this academic position in addition to his parish ministry.
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Evangelican