Archibald Romaine Mansfield (January 3, 1871 - February 11, 1934) was an American clergyman.
He was born in Spring Valley, New York, on January 3, 1871, [1] to clergyman Romaine Stiles Mansfield (1843–1916) and Amelia ( née Moore) Mansfield (1837–1914). [2] He attended St. John's School in Ossining, graduating in 1888, [1] and graduated from St. Stephen's in Annandale with a bachelor's degree in 1892, and from seminary in 1896. He became a deacon in 1896 and an Episcopal priest in 1897. [2]
In 1895 he was persuaded by Benoni Lockwood, one of the managers of a seamen's mission in Sailortown in New York, to become a chaplain for Lockwood's mission. [1]
Along with Edmund Lincoln Baylies, [3] he helped establish the Seaman's Church Institute at 25 South Street in New York. He created MEDICO, a service for providing medical advice to ships by radio. [2] [4] He served as the first Superintendent of the Institute. [5] [6]
Mansfield married Ella Louise Huntington (1875–1952) in 1899 and they had three sons and two daughters. [2]
He died of a heart attack at his home in Manhattan on February 11, 1934. [2] Two years after his death, his widow served as chairman of the Central Council of Associations of the Seamen's Church Institute, succeeding Mrs. H. Schuyler Cammann. [7]
Following his death, a campaign for $100,000 was established to create a permanent memorial to Rev. Mansfield, in honor of his thirty-eight years with the Institute. The campaign was sponsored by a special committee headed by Rear Admiral Reginald R. Belknap. [8]
The SS Archibald R. Mansfield Liberty ship, built in 1944 by the New England Shipbuilding Corporation, was named for Mansfield. [9]
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Archibald Romaine Mansfield (January 3, 1871 - February 11, 1934) was an American clergyman.
He was born in Spring Valley, New York, on January 3, 1871, [1] to clergyman Romaine Stiles Mansfield (1843–1916) and Amelia ( née Moore) Mansfield (1837–1914). [2] He attended St. John's School in Ossining, graduating in 1888, [1] and graduated from St. Stephen's in Annandale with a bachelor's degree in 1892, and from seminary in 1896. He became a deacon in 1896 and an Episcopal priest in 1897. [2]
In 1895 he was persuaded by Benoni Lockwood, one of the managers of a seamen's mission in Sailortown in New York, to become a chaplain for Lockwood's mission. [1]
Along with Edmund Lincoln Baylies, [3] he helped establish the Seaman's Church Institute at 25 South Street in New York. He created MEDICO, a service for providing medical advice to ships by radio. [2] [4] He served as the first Superintendent of the Institute. [5] [6]
Mansfield married Ella Louise Huntington (1875–1952) in 1899 and they had three sons and two daughters. [2]
He died of a heart attack at his home in Manhattan on February 11, 1934. [2] Two years after his death, his widow served as chairman of the Central Council of Associations of the Seamen's Church Institute, succeeding Mrs. H. Schuyler Cammann. [7]
Following his death, a campaign for $100,000 was established to create a permanent memorial to Rev. Mansfield, in honor of his thirty-eight years with the Institute. The campaign was sponsored by a special committee headed by Rear Admiral Reginald R. Belknap. [8]
The SS Archibald R. Mansfield Liberty ship, built in 1944 by the New England Shipbuilding Corporation, was named for Mansfield. [9]
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