Norman Carr Sargant (3 January 1909 – 17 September 1982) was the secondK. M. George, ''Church of South India: life in union, 1947–1997'', Jointly published by Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and Christava Sahitya Samithi, Tiruvalla, 1999, pp.36–41.

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Thomas Sargant Thomas Sargant (1905–1988) was a British law reformer who campaigned for the promotion of human rights. Biography Sargant, who was educated at Highgate School, was for much of his life a businessman and politician who became increasingly conce ...

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William Sargant William Walters Sargant (24 April 1907 – 27 August 1988) was a British psychiatrist who is remembered for the zeal with which he promoted treatments such as psychosurgery, deep sleep treatment, electroconvulsive therapy and insulin shock t ...

. Sargant was educated at

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Writings

Norman C. Sargant wrote the following books, * Date unknown, ''History of the Protestant Church'' (in Karnataka), * Date unknown, ''My Dear Boy: Letters from Norman Thomas Carr Sargant to His Son Norman Carr Sargant : September 1939 – January 1946'', * Date unknown, ''The Life Story of an Indian Minister: The Rev. Henry Premaka, 1850–1922'', * 1940, ''The Dispersion of the Tamil Church'', * 1944, ''A Letter from Mysore'', * 1952, ''W. E. Tomlinson: a memoir and some papers'', * 1963, ''The Lingayats: The Vira-Saiva Religion'’, * 1963, ''A charge delivered by Norman Carr Sargant, second bishop in Mysore, at a meeting of the presbyters and deacons attending the ninthe Diocesan Council at Hubli, November 14th 1963'', * 1976, ''India : A Christian View'', * 1985, ''India, My Appointed Place": An Account of Mary Carpenter's Four Journeys to India'', * 1987, ''From Missions to Church in Karnataka, 1920–1950''. This book is preserved at the National Library, Government of India, New Delhi, * 1987, ''Mary Carpenter in India'',

Records

Papers of Norman Sargant are held at the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sargant, Norman Carr Kannada people 20th-century Anglican bishops in India Anglican bishops of Mysore 1909 births 1982 deaths People educated at The Leys School Indian Christian theologians