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Bristol Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Bristol, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Bristol. The cathedral was originally an abbey dedicated to St Augustine, founded in 1140 and consecrated in 1148. It became the cathedral of the new diocese of Bristol in 1542, after the dissolution of the monasteries. It is a Grade I listed building.
This statue in front of the cathedral was installed in 2012 to commemorate Ram Mohan Roy, an Indian social reformer who was visiting Bristol when he contracted meningitis or some similar disease and died on 27 September 1833 in Stapleton Grove. He had worked for many years for the East India Company, becoming a scholar in Sanskrit, Persian and English, as well as learning Arabic, Greek and Latin. He was given the title of Raja to the court of King William IV by the Mughal Emporer Akbar II, enabling him to converse with the most senior political and clerical figures in Britain.
Bristol Walk 080824 144108 2
Bristol Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Bristol, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Bristol. The cathedral was originally an abbey dedicated to St Augustine, founded in 1140 and consecrated in 1148. It became the cathedral of the new diocese of Bristol in 1542, after the dissolution of the monasteries. It is a Grade I listed building.
This statue in front of the cathedral was installed in 2012 to commemorate Ram Mohan Roy, an Indian social reformer who was visiting Bristol when he contracted meningitis or some similar disease and died on 27 September 1833 in Stapleton Grove. He had worked for many years for the East India Company, becoming a scholar in Sanskrit, Persian and English, as well as learning Arabic, Greek and Latin. He was given the title of Raja to the court of King William IV by the Mughal Emporer Akbar II, enabling him to converse with the most senior political and clerical figures in Britain.