Thomas Cecil Alexander | |
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| Born | (1884-02-05)5 February 1884 Watton, Norfolk, England |
| Died | 4 August 1968(1968-08-04) (aged 84) |
| Occupation | Priest |
| Known for | Scouting |
Thomas Cecil Alexander (5 February 1884 – 4 August 1968) was anAnglican priest and missionary inBritish Malaya, the founder of theScouting movement in what is now theMalaysian state ofSabah.
Alexander was born inWatton inNorfolk, where his father was a doctor. After graduating from university, he was ordained inNorwich in 1909 and was acurate inMethwold.[1]
In 1912 he joined the Anglican mission at St. Thomas' Cathedral inKuching, inSarawak, where he was assistant to theBishop,Rupert Mounsey.[1] In 1913 he became the priest in charge atSandakan, then the capital ofBritish North Borneo, where he worked particularly among theChinese[2] and introduced Scouting.[1][3][4] He is also sometimes credited with introducing Scouting in Sarawak.[1][5]
He retired in 1955 and lived atCromer; he died at 84 in 1968.[1]
He was awarded the Medal of Merit by theBoy Scouts Association.[1] The North Borneo Scout Movement Monument, unveiled on 28 September 2013 atSt. Michael's Secondary School in Sandakan, commemorates the centenary of his introduction of Scouting there in 1913.
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