Hume, Theodore Carswell, 1904-1943

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Theodore Carswell Hume (1904-1943) was a Congregational minister in Chicago and California. He died in Europe while serving as emissary of the American churches under the auspices of the American Church Committee on Relief and Reconstruction and the World Council of Churches.

From the description of Theodore Carswell Hume papers, 1929-1969 (inclusive), 1939-1944 (bulk). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702153271 1904 Born in India; childhood spent in China. His father, Edward H. Hume was a medical doctor in China and later president of Yale-in-China. 1918 1921 Attended the Hill School 1925 B.A., Yale 1925 1926 French government scholarship at the University of Paris 1926 1927 Rhodes Scholarship: New College, Oxford, England 1928 Began formal theological education at Mansfield College, Oxford 1930 B.D., Union Theological Seminary, New York 1930 Ordained as Congregational minister 1931 Minister: Summerdale Congregational Church, Chicago 1932 1939 Minister: New England Church, Chicago Chairman of the World Friendship Commission of the Chicago Church Federation and president of the Chicago Peace Council 1937 Secretary of the subcommittee on the Church and the War at the Oxford World Church Conference. 1940 1943 Served parish in Claremont, CA; he was married with five children. Vice President of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 1943 Sep Went to Europe as emissary of the American churches, under the auspices of the American Church Committee on Relief and Reconstruction and the World Council of Churches. 1943 Oct Died when Swedish neutral plane carrying him from London to Stockholm was shot down. From the guide to the Theodore Carswell Hume Papers, 1929-1969, (Yale University Divinity School Library)

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