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Bishop
William Charles White -- Chief Adept
(b. 1873 - d. 1960)
Chief Adept of Ontario College SRICF 1936
a Canadian Anglican bishop
Cheng
Yu Tung East Asian Studies
Library
One of the marble lions now in the Royal Ontario Museum's garden, on its way to the railway station in Beijing and from there to Toronto in 1922. Male guardian lion, stone, Qing dynasty, 17th century. Height 3 m. ROM 923.24.218. Part of the Chinese Collection named after Bishop White.
"Bishop White" was William Charles White, the first Anglican bishop of Honan , China and the first Canadian bishop to be consecrated for service in the mission field. He was also the man after whom the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) named its collection of rare and ancient Chinese art – the Bishop White Gallery of Chinese Temple Art.
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