Henry Arthur Lester MA (1873–1922) was a theologian, author and director of the Bishop of London’s Sunday School Council from 1911 until his sudden death in 1922.
[1] He was educated at Bedford Modern School and the University of Oxford as a non-collegiate student where he took honours in Modern History (BA (1895), MA (1899)).
[2][1] Lester was ordained in 1896 as assistant chaplain of St John's College, Battersea.
[2][1] He was subsequently Vice-Principal of the Warrington Training College between 1898 and 1911.
[2] Lester died on 24 July 1922 at his home in Muswell Hill, London.