He was a famous British Anglican who was a Priest in Soweto in South Africa during the Apartheid era.

He wrote a book called « Naught for your Comfort », which became a best seller and which described the situation in South Africa and the injustices of Apartheid.
He was one of the most outspoken critics of Apartheid. He was expelled from South Africa by the Apartheid Government, and only returned there briefly after Apartheid was abolished.
He spent most of his life campaigning for an end to Apartheid.
He was Bishop of Masasi in Tanzania. He was Bishop of Stepney and then became Bishop of Mauritius and Archbishop of the Indian Ocean.
He helped to found the Craft-Aid organisation in Mauritius.
He died in 1998.