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Thomas Norman Nisbett, OBE (born on 24 October 1925) is a carpenter/cabinet maker/house builder and Anglican priest. Born in North Village, Pembroke, Bermuda, he was the first Black Anglican priest of the Anglican Church of Bermuda. ==Parentage and career== His parents, now deceased, were Elijah John Nisbett, born 13 October 1892 in Cedar Hill Village, St. George, Nevis, WI, and Adina Miller, born 14 February 1898 in Nevis, WI. Elijah Nisbett left Nevis in 1922 and went to Bermuda, where he stayed with friends until he could build a house on St. Monica's Road across from the St. Monica's Mission Church: Adina, and daughters Mavis and Lauret immigrated to Bermuda in 1923. Thomas Nisbett was educated at Central School, Bermuda, and Codrington College, Barbados(). In his younger years, he was a member of the popular Bermudian a cappella singing group, the Nisbett Brothers. He has held a number of key ecclesiastical and community positions in both Barbados and Bermuda, and he was designated an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1992.〔(GeneAll.net )〕 In 2012 Mr. Nisbett was awarded the Order of Saint Mellitus by the Bishop of London for his contribution to the Church in Bermuda and elsewhere. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Nisbett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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