John Collins (1905-1982) was an Anglican clergyman who was active in several radical political movements in the United Kingdom. 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ...

Educated at Cranbrook School, Kent and at the University of Cambridge, he served as a chaplain in the Royal Air Force during World War II and was radicalised by the experience. In 1946 he founded the organization Christian Action to work for reconciliation with Germany. He was appointed as a Canon to 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 1956 he committed Christian Action to raising funds for the defence of anti-apartheid activists accused of treason in South Africa, and this gave rise to the Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa. Cranbrook Kingswood is a private, K-12 school located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... The University of Cambridge (often called Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead:17 million Civilian dead:33 million Total dead:50 million Military dead:8 million Civilian dead:4 million Total dead:12 million World War II... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... A canon (from the Latin canonicus and Greek κανωνικωσ relating to a rule) is a priest who is a member of certain bodies of the Christian clergy subject to a rule (canon). ... St Pauls Cathedral from the south St Pauls Cathedral is a cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London, and the seat of the Bishop of London. ... This article is about the British city. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... A segregated beach in South Africa, 1982. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1951 he was one of the four founders of the charity War on Want, which fights global poverty. 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... War On Want is a campaigning charity based in London, England, which highlights the needs of poverty-stricken areas around the world, lobbying governments and international agencies to tackle problems, as well as raising public awareness of the concerns of developing nations. ...

Canon Collins was strongly opposed to the spread of nuclear weapons, and was one of many on the 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 in 1958. The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the hypocenter. ... Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament logo In British politics, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has been at the forefront of the peace movement in the United Kingdom and claims to be Europes largest single-issue peace campaign. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Canon Collins Educational Trust for Southern Africa (CCETSA) is a charity founded in 1981. It was set up Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa, and Canon 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. Allegorical personification of Charity as a mother with three infants by Anthony van Dyck Charity is a term that refers to giving. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The University of Cambridge is an institute of higher learning. ...

External link

• Biography of Canon Collins on the CCETSA website