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Name: ROPER, William
First Date: 1877
Profession: Missionary
Book Reference: CMS
School: Worcester Coll Oxford, Wycliffe Hall
General Information:
CMS 1887 - Worcs. Coll. and Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. BA (4th Cl. Theolog.); MA 1887. 1885, May 31 Deacon; 1886, June 20, Priest by Bishop of Norwich. Curate of St. Margaret's Lowestoft. 1885, Jan 20, accepted as Hon. Missionary by CMS. 1887, May 13 to E. Eq. Africa Mission; withdrew on arrival in Africa, and took up independent Industrial Mission Work.