Christopher Chavasse

Christopher Chavasse

Christopher Maude Chavasse OBE MC ED (9 November 1884 – 10 March 1962) was a British athlete, soldier and religious leader. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, served in the First World War and was later the Bishop of Rochester.

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