Episode 3 of 3

Hutchings' Departure for Sick Leave

When: November 1816 – March 1820
Where: Penang
Part of: Penang Free School founded by Rev. Sparke Hutchings

Hutchings left Penang for Calcutta in November 1816 on four months' sick leave; Henderson substituted, and Hutchings did not return until March 1820.

In November 1816, Hutchings fell ill with fever and left for Calcutta on four months' sick leave. The local chaplain Joseph Rawlings Henderson arrived in Penang in the final days of 1816 to substitute for him. In the end, Hutchings did not return to Penang until March 1820, with Henderson resuming his substitution in the meantime; the passages do not state that the entire 1816–1820 span was a single continuous sick leave.

Sources

Robert Sparke Hutchings Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-27

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