Foster Paul Stockwell (February 17, 1929 – October 12, 2023) was an American writer, historian and publishing consultant for Chinese publishers and authors.
Foster Paul Stockwell was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma on February 17, 1929. He was the son of Francis Olin and Esther Stockwell, two Methodist missionaries who went to Fuzhou, Fujian, in 1929 then to Chengdu, Sichuan, in 1939. Stockwell grew up and went to primary school in Chengdu, in southwestern China, in the 1940s. [1] [2]
His father, Olin Stockwell, spent two years in prison in the town of Chongqing as a suspected spy just after the establishment of the People's Republic of China and wrote a book about it: With God in Red China. [3]
Foster Stockwell attended several universities. He married on December 16, 1955 (his wife's name: Rhoda). They have one child, Norman. [4]
Foster Stockwell was the author of books dealing with subjects as diverse as religion in China, information storage and retrieval, American communes, the exploration of China, genealogical research, misinterpretations of the Bible. [5] [6]
Foster Stockwell visited China many times in the last decades. [7]
Foster Stockwell was an editor for two major encyclopedias, a newspaper editor (Berrien County Record, Buchanan, Michigan, 1960–61), [8] and a publishing consultant for Chinese publishers and authors. He lives in Des Moines, Washington. [9] [10]
Foster Stockwell died in Burien, Washington on October 12, 2023, at the age of 94. [11]
Foster Paul Stockwell (February 17, 1929 – October 12, 2023) was an American writer, historian and publishing consultant for Chinese publishers and authors.
Foster Paul Stockwell was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma on February 17, 1929. He was the son of Francis Olin and Esther Stockwell, two Methodist missionaries who went to Fuzhou, Fujian, in 1929 then to Chengdu, Sichuan, in 1939. Stockwell grew up and went to primary school in Chengdu, in southwestern China, in the 1940s. [1] [2]
His father, Olin Stockwell, spent two years in prison in the town of Chongqing as a suspected spy just after the establishment of the People's Republic of China and wrote a book about it: With God in Red China. [3]
Foster Stockwell attended several universities. He married on December 16, 1955 (his wife's name: Rhoda). They have one child, Norman. [4]
Foster Stockwell was the author of books dealing with subjects as diverse as religion in China, information storage and retrieval, American communes, the exploration of China, genealogical research, misinterpretations of the Bible. [5] [6]
Foster Stockwell visited China many times in the last decades. [7]
Foster Stockwell was an editor for two major encyclopedias, a newspaper editor (Berrien County Record, Buchanan, Michigan, 1960–61), [8] and a publishing consultant for Chinese publishers and authors. He lives in Des Moines, Washington. [9] [10]
Foster Stockwell died in Burien, Washington on October 12, 2023, at the age of 94. [11]