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William Jones Boone (17 May 1846 – 5 October 1891) was the fourth Anglican missionary bishop of Shanghai. [1] Boone was born in Shanghai, son of and namesake of William Jones Boone and his wife Sarah Amelia De Saussure Boone. [2] After his mother’s death, he and his brother were taken to the US for their education. [3]
He studied at Princeton University and attended Virginia Theological Seminary [4] prior to his ordination to the diaconate in Petersburg, Virginia in 1868. The Foreign Missions Committee appointed him as a missionary to China in 1869. [5] He was consecrated Bishop of Shanghai on 28 October 1884.
Boone served in Wuchang before retiring to America with ill-health; however, he later decided to return to China to continue his work in Hankow. [6]
He married Mary Carolina De Saussure Boone and after her death in 1875, he married Henrietta F. Harris Boone; he died of thyphoid in 1891. [4]
Works
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References
- ^ Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity website, William Jones Boone, 1811-1864
- ^ Australian National University , Open Research section, The Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, in China and Japan, 1835-1870, by Ian Welch, Australian National University, 2013, page xvi
- ^ Anglican History website, William Jones Boone, D.D.
- ^ a b Australian National University , Open Research section, The Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, in China and Japan, 1835-1870 by Ian Welch, Australian National University, 2013, page x
- ^ Australian National University , Open Research section, The Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, in China and Japan, 1835-1870 by Ian Welch, Australian National University, 2013, page cxvi
- ^ Internet Archive, The Story of the Church in China, by Arthur R Gray and Arthur M Sherman (1913), page 174
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William Jones Boone (17 May 1846 – 5 October 1891) was the fourth Anglican missionary bishop of Shanghai. [1] Boone was born in Shanghai, son of and namesake of William Jones Boone and his wife Sarah Amelia De Saussure Boone. [2] After his mother’s death, he and his brother were taken to the US for their education. [3]
He studied at Princeton University and attended Virginia Theological Seminary [4] prior to his ordination to the diaconate in Petersburg, Virginia in 1868. The Foreign Missions Committee appointed him as a missionary to China in 1869. [5] He was consecrated Bishop of Shanghai on 28 October 1884.
Boone served in Wuchang before retiring to America with ill-health; however, he later decided to return to China to continue his work in Hankow. [6]
He married Mary Carolina De Saussure Boone and after her death in 1875, he married Henrietta F. Harris Boone; he died of thyphoid in 1891. [4]
Works
See also
References
- ^ Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity website, William Jones Boone, 1811-1864
- ^ Australian National University , Open Research section, The Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, in China and Japan, 1835-1870, by Ian Welch, Australian National University, 2013, page xvi
- ^ Anglican History website, William Jones Boone, D.D.
- ^ a b Australian National University , Open Research section, The Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, in China and Japan, 1835-1870 by Ian Welch, Australian National University, 2013, page x
- ^ Australian National University , Open Research section, The Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, in China and Japan, 1835-1870 by Ian Welch, Australian National University, 2013, page cxvi
- ^ Internet Archive, The Story of the Church in China, by Arthur R Gray and Arthur M Sherman (1913), page 174
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