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1574263The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915) — Copleston, Right Rev. Reginald StephenC. Hayavadana Rao


Copleston, Right Rev. Reginald Stephen; Bishop of Calcutta and Metropotiton of India (Retd.); b. 1845; s. of Rev. R. E. Copleston; educ. at Merchant Taylors; and Merton College, Oxford; m. Edith, d. of late Archbishop Trench; Fellow and Tutor, St. John’s College, Oxford; appointed Bishop of Colombo, 1875; translated to Calcutta and became Metropolitan of India, 1902; retired, 1913. Publication: Buddhism: Primitive and Present, etc. Address: c/o. Indian Office, London.