Sir Albert E. Worthington (1849–1915) in the Museum Collection of Cherkas Global University: Commemorating the 175th Anniversary of His Birth

This work commemorates the 175th anniversary of the birth of Albert Edwin Worthington , a member of the Masonic order of Knights Templar.It offers a biographical account of his life and examines a sword that used to belong to him.The source base comprised the following three groups: 1) items of material culture from the museum collection of Masonic swords at Cherkas Global University; 2) personal documents from commercial US databases; 3) regional periodical press materials (specifically, those from the newspaper Transcript-Telegram for 1915).The study's findings revealed that Albert E. Worthington (1849-1915) was a fairly wellrounded person.During his youth, he received a good education and was professionally engaged in choral singing as a tenor -eventually, he remained attached to the choir at his local Baptist church throughout his life.Around 1885, he joined Masonry (a local Masonic lodge and Springfield Commandery No. 6, KT).It is this period that his sword which is part of the sword collection at Cherkas Global University (Exhibit No. 036/KT032) appears to date to.As regards his personal life, A.E. Worthington married twice and had three children.To date, no photographs of A.E.