Hayes, L. Newton
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Hayes, L. Newton
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Hayes, L. Newton 1883-
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Luther Newton Hayes
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The son of American missionaries, Luther Newton Hayes was born on April 19, 1883, in Soochow, China. He received a B.S. from Wooster College in 1905 and an M.A. from Princeton University in 1907. For the next twenty-five years, Hayes worked in China, mostly with the YMCA, but also as an English tutor to the prime minister's grandson. After returning to the United States, Hayes worked at various universities as an administrator and at a museum in Plattsburgh, New York, as a curator. He served in the military during World War II. He wrote two books, The Great Wall of China and The Chinese Dragon . In 1923, he married Frances Gray, who died the following year, but with whom he had one child. In 1927, he married Rhea Pumphrey. Hayes may have died in 1979.
The son of American missionaries, Luther Newton Hayes was born on April 19, 1883, in Soochow, China. He received a B.S. from Wooster College in 1905 and an M.A. from Princeton University in 1907. For the next twenty-five years, Hayes worked in China, mostly with the YMCA, but also as an English tutor to the Prime Minister's grandson. After returning to the United States, Hayes worked at various universities as an administrator and at a museum in Plattsburgh, New York, as a curator. He served in the military during World War II. He wrote two books, The Great Wall of China and The Chinese Dragon. In 1923, he married Frances Gray, who died the following year, but with whom he had one child. In 1927, he married Rhea Pumphrey. Hayes may have died in 1979.
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Great Wall of China (China)
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