John Collins (priest)
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Lewis John Collins (23 March 1905 – 31 December 1982) was an
Anglican
priest who was active in several radical political movements in the United Kingdom.
Life
Educated at
canon of St Paul's Cathedral, London, in 1948, an office he held for 33 years. Shortly afterwards he became disturbed by the newly developing apartheid
system in South Africa.
In 1951, Collins was one of the four founders of the charity
Treason Trial. Collins was strongly opposed to a proposed cricket tour by Frank Worrell's West Indies to South Africa in 1959, leading a successful campaign to have it cancelled.[2]
Collins was strongly opposed to the spread of
left in Britain who believed that it was unnecessary and wrong for Britain to own such weapons. He was one of the founders of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. He was also a member of the Anglican Pacifist Fellowship, working with the Reverend Sidney Hinkes
on anti-nuclear campaigns.
He was one of the signatories of the agreement to convene a convention for drafting a
Constitution for the Federation of Earth.[5]
The Canon Collins Educational & Legal Assistance Trust, formerly known as Canon Collins Trust for Southern Africa (CCETSA) is a
Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa and Collins was its first chairman. In the days of apartheid it provided money to help South African and Namibian refugee students gain the higher education
in the United Kingdom and in independent African states. It now provides scholarships for students within South Africa and in other African countries.
Family
Collins married
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
.
References
- ^ a b "The John Collins Society". Oriel College. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- OCLC 1050448400.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link - ^ "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961". Helen Keller Archive. American Foundation for the Blind. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ "Letter from World Constitution Coordinating Committee to Helen, enclosing current materials". Helen Keller Archive. American Foundation for the Blind. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "Preparing earth constitution | Global Strategies & Solutions | The Encyclopedia of World Problems". The Encyclopedia of World Problems | Union of International Associations (UIA). Retrieved 15 July 2023.
Bibliography
- "COLLINS, Rev. Canon Lewis John", Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014. (subscription required)
- "Collins, (Lewis) John", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online edition (subscription required)
External links
- Collins's biography on the Canon Collins Educational & Legal Assistance Trust website
- Obituary of Diana Collins in the Daily Telegraph
- Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament website
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