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The Rev. Thomas Torrance, F.R.G.S. was a missionary from Scotland to China. He worked with Chinese natives in the Ch'iang Min Valley. He worked under the auspices of the China Inland Mission and the American Bible Society from 1896-1934.

From the description of Thomas Torrance papers, 1896-1934 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702148501 1871 Born in Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland 1892 1894 Attended Hulme Cliff College in Derbyshire 1894 1895 Studied at Livingstone College, London 1896 Jan Rev. Thomas Torrance arrived in Shanghai. 1896-1910 Stationed in Western Szechuan, working as a missionary with the China Inland Mission, with headquarters in Chengdu. 1909 Serious disagreement with members of the China Inland Mission. Finally settled after ten years. 1910 Withdrew from China Inland Mission due to disagreement. Returned to Scotland. Later persuaded by Dr. John Hykes, Head of the American Bible Society in Shanghai, to return to China to take over the agency of the ABS in Szechuan, centered in Chengdu. ? Married Annie Elizabeth Sharp, a missionary with the China Inland Mission, stationed in Kuanshien. 1912 1924 Births of Torrance children: Mary, Thomas F., Grace, Margaret, James, David. 1927 Torrance family left China due to the early communist troubles under Chiang Kai-shek and returned to Scotland. Later, returned to China to continue missionary work, leaving wife and children in Scotland. Remained for seven years. 1934 Returned to Scotland due to Civil War in China. During the revolution, the Ch'iang villages and Christian churches established by Torrance in the upper Min valley were destroyed. Later, Torrance received a New Testament which had been buried to preserve it from the Communists as a symbol of the reestablishment of the Christian Church among the Ch'iang. 1959 Died in Edinburgh From the guide to the Thomas T. Torrance Papers, 1883-1996, (Yale University Divinity School Library)

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