George Frederick Appleton, (20 February 1902 – 28 August 1993) was an Anglican bishop in the third quarter of the twentieth century and a writer.

Life

Born in

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to Thomas George Appleton and Lily Cock, Appleton was educated at

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, where he gained his B.A. in 1924, followed by his M.A. in 1929. Meanwhile, he trained at

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, subsequently he was ordained a

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in 1925 and a priest at

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, the

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parish church, in 1926. After the

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, Appleton spent the next 20 years in Burma as a SPG missionary, ending this part of his ministry as

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before returning to England. He was next

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then

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. He described the war-time experience of the Anglican Church in Burma in a 1946 booklet for SPG, ''The War and After: Burma''. Before the Europeans left Burma in the face of the invading Japanese, Appleton put into place plans for Holy Communion once stores of wafers and wine had run out: local congregations would use boiled rice and tea or water or coconut milk as the elements. In 1962, he became

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and a canon of

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and a year later Anglican Archbishop of Perth, Australia. In 1969 he was

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. He retired in 1974, and thereafter served as Assistant Curate at

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in the

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. A prominent writer, he was awarded the Buber-Rosenzweig Medal by the

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in 1975.

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(ibid)

Personal life

Appleton was married to Marjorie (Madge) in Holy Trinity Cathedral, Yangon (then Rangoon) in 1929. The couple had three children, Margaret, Timothy and Rachel. His wife died on 16 April 1980. He died on 28 August 1993.

Works

* ''Glad Encounter''. SPCK Publishing, 1978. * ''Daily prayer and praise''. Westminster Press, 1978. . * ''Glimpses of Faith''. Mowbray, 1982. * ''Prayers from a Troubled Heart''. Fortress Pr, 1983. . * * ''Entry into Life: Gospel Of Death''. Darton, Longman Todd, 1985. * ''The Heart of the Bible''. HarperCollins, 1986. * ''Journey for a Soul''. 1986, ASIN B000S5KMS2. * ''Jerusalem Prayers for the World Today''. SPCK Publishing, 1986. . * ''Understanding The Psalms''. Continuum International Pub., 1988. . * * ''Unfinished: George Appleton Remembers and Reflects''. HarperCollins, 1990. . * (first published by OUP 1985 )

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Appleton, George 1902 births 1993 deaths 20th-century Anglican archbishops Alumni of Selwyn College, Cambridge Archdeacons of London Archdeacons of Rangoon Anglican archbishops of Perth Anglican bishops of Jerusalem British Christian writers Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Members of the Order of the British Empire Anglican writers People from Windsor, Berkshire Burmese Anglicans