John Stansfeld

John Stedwell Stansfeld (1855–1939) was a doctor and Anglican priest in Oxford, England.

He began his career as a civil servant in HM Customs and Excise. In 1877, he moved to Oxford, and later matriculated as a student at Exeter College, where he studied theology. He also studied part-time at Wycliffe Hall, although he did not take Holy Orders until 1910. He had qualified as a doctor in 1897 and started a medical mission in Bermondsey in London, where he founded the Stansfeld Oxford & Bermondsey Club in the same year.[1]

Stansfeld returned to Oxford in 1912 as rector of St Ebbe's, then a slum district. He campaigned successfully for the erection of a children's playground and public baths in St Ebbe's. His philanthropy is commemorated by a blue plaque in Paradise Square, unveiled in June 2009.

Bibliography

Baron, Barclay. The Doctor: the story of John Stansfeld of Oxford and Bermondsey (London: Arnold, 1952)

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References
  1. A Brief History of the Club Stansfeld O&BC F.C.
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