Charles Robert Cecil Augustine Allberry (9 November 1911 – 3 April 1943) was an English Egyptologist and Coptic scholar. A friend of novelist CP Snow, Allberry was the model for Roy Calvert in Snow's novel, The Light and the Dark. November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... Egyptology is the scientific study of Ancient Egypt and Egyptian antiquities and is a regional and thematic branch of the larger disciplines of ancient history and archaeology. ... Coptic is the most recent phase of ancient Egyptian. ... The Light and the Dark is the fourth novel in C.P. Snows Strangers and Brothers series. ...

Allberry attended St Dunstan's College, Catford and Christ's College, Cambridge, and become a fellow of Christ's in 1935. St Dunstan’s College is a co-educational, fee-paying public school in south-east London, England. ... Catford is an area in the London Borough of Lewisham, England. ... Full name Christs College Motto Souvent me Souvient I Often Remember Named after Christ Previous names Gods-house (1437), Christs College (1505) Established 1505 Sister College(s) Wadham College Master Prof. ...

Allberry translated Manichaean manuscripts, and is particularly known for translating and editing the first edition of A Manichean Psalm-Book, Part II, in 1938. He also compiled a Coptic dictionary, unfinished at his death. He served as editor of the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology (from 1939). Manichean priests, writing at their desk, with panel inscription in Sogdian. ...

During World War II, he joined the Royal Air Force and died in action in Nedeweert, Holland, 3 April 1943. The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Holland is a region in the central-western part of the Netherlands. ...

He was married to Patricia Katherine Grace Sandbach.

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• CA Charles Robert Cecil Augustine Allberry (1911-43), Egyptologist, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Cambridge
• Cambridge Universities Libraries Information Bulletin 47, 2000
• Mani and Manichaeism in the BPH, Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica, J.R. Ritman Library
• Snow P (2006) C. P. Snow Christ's College Magazine 231, 67–9