Ekvall, Robert B. (Robert Brainerd), 1898-1983
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Ikuvōru cho, R. B. 1898-1983 (Robert Brainerd),
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イクヴォール, R. B
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Ikuvōru cho, R. B. 1898-1983
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Ekvall, Robert B., 1898-
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Ekwall, R. O.
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Missionary, translator; born in 1898 on the Tibet-China border to American missionary parents; grew up in China and attended college in the United States; after brief service in World War I, he and his wife went to China as missionaries with the Christian and Missionary Alliance; later began an evangelistic work in Tibet; after his wife's death in 1940, Ekvall eventually returned to the United States and served as a translator and intelligence officer in the Army until 1951; taught anthropology briefly at the University of Chicago but was recalled to active service in 1953 to translate at the Korean War peace negotiations; left the Army again in 1958 to resume teaching which he did until retirement in 1974; died in 1983.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/14998636
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81028352
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n81028352
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Subjects
Bible colleges
Buddhism
Buddhist
Children of missionaries
Church and state
Communism
Evangelistic work
House churches
Indigenous church administration
Islam
Language in missionary work
Missionaries
Missionaries
Missionaries
Missionaries' spouses
Missions
Missions
Missions to Buddhists
Philosophy, Tibetan
Three-self movement
World War, 1939-1945
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China
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United States
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China--Tibet Autonomous Region
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Tibet Autonomous Region (China)
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