£17.60
Richard Rutt led an extraordinary life. He was Bishop of Daejeon in South Korea from 1968 – 1974 and first moved to South Korea to work as a priest a year after the end of the Korean War, in 1954. After he and his wife, Joan, returned to the UK in 1974, he served as the Bishop of Leicester, and his pastime of knitting resulting in him becoming widely known as ‘The Knitting Bishop’. He was also a gifted linguist and literary scholar and a person who was deeply interested and inspired by those around him. This book is an edited version of Richard’s unpublished autobiographical manuscript taking the reader on a journey from 1930s Bedfordshire, to his life in South Korea from the 1950s – 1970s, to his return to England and his conversion to Roman Catholicism.
Contributions from Richard Rutt’s family are included alongside those focusing on his contributions to Korean Studies by Keith Pratt, his impact on the Korean collection at Durham University’s Oriental Museum by Lauren Barnes and Rachel Barclay, and his role in the study of knitting by Helen Wyld.
This book would make a perfect gift for someone interested in the social history of Britain, or for someone interested in the history of the Anglican Church.
There is an in-person discount for this book if bought from the Oriental Museum shop, where the book is available for £16
