William John Sparrow-Simpson

SPARROW-SIMPSON, William John. b. London, 20 June 1859; d. Ilford, Essex, 13 February 1952. He was educated at St Paul’s School, London, and Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1882, MA 1886, BD 1909, DD 1911). His initial ministry was in London, where he was curate of Christ Church, Albany Street (1882-88), then vicar of St Mark’s Church, Regent’s Park (1888-1904). In 1904 he moved to Essex, where he became chaplain of St Mary’s Hospital, Ilford, an ancient charitable foundation; from 1919 he was an honorary canon of Chelmsford Cathedral. Sparrow-Simpson wrote extensively on religious topics: his best known books were Bernard of Clairvaux (1895), Saint Augustine (1919), and The History of the...