Terry Waite
English human rights activist (born 1939)
87 years oldGeminiUnited Kingdom
Biography
Sir Terence Hardy Waite (born 31 May 1939) is a British human rights activist and author.
Waite was the Assistant for Anglican Communion Affairs for the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, in the 1980s. As an envoy for the Church of England, he travelled to Lebanon to try to secure the release of four hostages, including the journalist John McCarthy. He was himself kidnapped and held captive from 1987 to 1991.
After his release he wrote Taken on Trust (1994), a memoir about his experiences, and became involved in humanitarian causes and charitable work.
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Awards & honours (3)
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Worship
- honorary doctorate
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