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词条 C. S. Wallis
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Military service

  4. Selected works

  5. References

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| birth_name = Charles Steel Wallis
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Charles Steel Wallis (1874–1959) was a British Church of England priest, British Army chaplain, and academic. From 1902 to 1912, he was a tutor then Vice-Principal of the London College of Divinity. He was a military chaplain during World War I. From 1919 to 1945, he was Principal of St John's College, Durham, and a lecturer in ecclesiastical history and in logic at Durham University.

Early life

Wallis was born in 1874 to William Wallis, a solicitor. He was educated at Hatton House School, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire.[1]

Career

Following school, Wallis studied at the London College of Divinity and completed the universities preliminary theological examination (the exam for none-degree ordinands) in 1902. He was then ordained in the Church of England. He continued his studies at Durham University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1906 and a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 1909.[1]

Having been ordained, he joined the staff of the London College of Divinity in 1902. In 1903, he was appointed a college tutor. He served as Dean from 1904 to 1912.[1]

In 1912, he left to join St John's College, Durham as Vice-Principal and chaplain. He took a break from St John's between 1915 and the end of World War I to serve as a military chaplain.[4] Following his return from war in 1919, he took over as Principal of St John's College.[2] During his time leading the college, he extended its size, acquired further buildings and increased its finances.[1][2] In 1930, he was additionally appointed Rector of St Mary-le-Bow, Durham (now a redundant church housing Durham Museum and Heritage Centre).[3] At various times, he was a lecturer in ecclesiastical history and in logic at Durham University, Sub-Warden of the colleges, and a member of the Durham University Council.[1]

He retired in 1945 and died on 6 June 1959.[1]

Military service

Wallis became a military chaplain in 1915 and served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force during World War I.[1] On 7 May 1915, he was appointed a temporary Chaplain of the Forces 4th Class (equivalent to the rank of captain) in the Army Chaplains Department, British Army.[4] In July 1915, he sailed for the Dardanelles and the Gallipoli Campaign.[5] His duties on the transport ship included taking services, keeping up the spirits of the men and censoring the troops letters home.[6] Ashore, he duties included basic first aid (undressing troops and washing wounds), giving last rites and holding funerals.[7] He would also accompany hospital ships taking the wounded from the battlefield to hospitals in Egypt or Malta; he continued his basic first aid duties, services, funerals and additionally acted as letter writer for the wounded.[8]

Selected works

  • {{cite book|last1=Wallis|first1=C. S.|title=Fifty thousand miles on a hospital ship|date=1917|publisher=The Religious Tract Society|location=London}}

References

1. ^{{cite news|title=Obituary: Canon C. S. Wallis|work=The Times|issue=54482|date=9 June 1959|page=14}}
2. ^{{cite news|author1=Canon H. Y. Ganderton|title=Canon C. S. Wallis.|work=The Times|issue=54487|date=15 June 1959|page=14}}
3. ^{{cite news|title=Ecclesiastical News: Church appointments|work=The Times|issue=45452|date=4 March 1930|page=18}}
4. ^{{London Gazette |issue=29169 |date=21 May 1915 |pages=4897–4898 }}
5. ^{{cite book|title=Fifty thousand miles on a hospital ship|date=1917|page=1}}
6. ^{{cite book|title=Fifty thousand miles on a hospital ship|date=1917|page=18}}
7. ^{{cite book|title=Fifty thousand miles on a hospital ship|date=1917|page=33}}
8. ^{{cite book|title=Fifty thousand miles on a hospital ship|date=1917|page=49}}
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