Edward Bickersteth was a 19th-century Anglican missionary and the Bishop of South Tokyo. Born in Banningham in 1850, he was part of a prominent ecclesiastical family and studied at Pembroke College, Cambridge. After serving as a lecturer in theology and helping to found the Cambridge Mission to Delhi, he moved to Japan in 1886. He played a central role in organizing the Anglican Church in Japan, working toward the creation of an autonomous national body known as the Nippon Sei Ko Kai.