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{{Infobox writer 
| name = Reginald Copleston
| image = Reginald Stephen Copleston.jpg
| caption=Reginald Stephen Copleston (1845-1925). Collodion negative by Alexander Bassano, 1895.
| birth_date = 26 December 1845
| death_date = {{death date and age|1925|04|19|1845|12|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Barnes, London|Barnes]], [[London]], England
| nationality = English
| ethnicity =
| occupation = Anglican bishop and author
| notableworks = ''Aeschylus''<br />''Buddhism''}}
Most Reverend '''Reginald Stephen Copleston''', [[Doctor of Divinity|DD]] (26 December 1845 – 19 April 1925) was an [[Anglican]] [[priest]] and author<ref>[https://openlibrary.org/a/OL2526996A/Reginald_Stephen_Copleston Open Library]</ref> who served as a [[Bishop]] in India for more than 30 years.<ref>"A History of the Church of England in India" Chatterton, E: London, [[SPCK]], 1924</ref>

==Biography==
Copleston was born in [[Barnes, London]],<ref>[http://thepeerage.com/p3910.htm#i39098 thePeerage.com]</ref> the son of Rev. R. E. Copleston, Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford.<ref name=TT30011902>"Ecclesiastical Intelligence", ''[[The Times]]'' (London), Thursday, 30 January 1902; pg. 6; Issue 36678; col B</ref> He was educated at [[Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood|Merchant Taylors']]<ref>[[Who's Who|“Who was Who” 1897-2007]] London, [[A & C Black]], 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}}</ref> and [[Merton College, Oxford]],<ref>{{cite book | last=[[Richard Malden|Malden Richard (ed)]] | author-link= | title= Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn) | location= London | publisher= The Field Press| pages=319| year=1920 | isbn=}}</ref> where he graduated in 1869. In the same year he was elected to a tutorial [[fellow]]ship at [[St John's College, Oxford]],<ref name=TT30011902 /> and [[ordained]] as [[deacon]] in 1871.<ref>"Ordinations Canterbury", ''[[The Times]]'' (London), Tuesday, 26 September 1871; pg. 4; Issue 27178; col D</ref> During his time at Oxford he was editor of the ''[[Oxford Spectator]]''.

Four years later, in 1875, he was ordained [[priest]] and received the degree [[Doctor of Divinity]] (DD). Later the same year he was appointed [[Anglican Bishop of Colombo]] as one of the youngest prelates to be consecrated bishop, and was occasionally known as the ''Boy Bishop'' in the following years.<ref name=TT30011902 /> He served in Colombo for 27 years, spending some of his time studying the native religions. In early 1902 he was [[Translation (ecclesiastical)|translated]] to become [[Anglican Diocese of Calcutta|Bishop of Calcutta]] and [[Metropolitan (religion)|Metropolitan]] of [[India]].<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=27426 |page=2601 |date=18 April 1902}}</ref><ref name=TT30011902 /> He arrived in [[Calcutta, India|Calcutta]] on 20 May 1902, and was enthroned at the [[St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata|St. Paul's Cathedral]] the following day.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Ecclesiastical intelligence |day_of_week=Tuesday |date=10 June 1902 |page_number=10 |issue=36790| }}</ref> He held these posts until 1913.

Whilst in Ceylon he served as President of the [[Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society]] from 1885 to 1901.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalasiaticsociety.lk/about-2/past-presidents/|title=Past Presidents|publisher=Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka|access-date= 7 January 2017}}</ref>

==Family==
Copleston died in London in 1929. He had married, in 1889, Edith Chenevix Trench (1844-1942), daughter of [[Richard Chenevix Trench]], [[Archbishop of Dublin]]. They had one son and two daughters

His brother [[Ernest Copleston|Ernest Arthur Copleston]] was also an Anglican bishop and his nephew [[Frederick Copleston]] was a notable [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] [[Catholic Priest|priest]] and philosopher.

== Publications ==
* ''Aeschylus'' (1870), part of the series Ancient Classics for English Readers ([[Blackwood (publishing house)|William Blackwood and Sons]])
* ''Buddhism'' (Henry S. King & Co., 1892; republished as ''Buddhism Primitive and Present in Magadha and in Ceylon'', Longmans, 1908; 3rd revised edition published in 1993 as ''Theravāda Buddhism'', Eastern Book Linkers, Delhi, India, {{ISBN|81-85133-80-8}}).

==References==
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