Smith, Judson, 1837-1906

Educator, Congregational minister; born June 18, 1837; educated at Amherst College and Oberlin College (DD, 1863); taught at Willison Seminary (1864-1866), Oberlin Theological Serminary (1866-1884), and Hartford Theological Serminary; ordained, 1866; appointed Corresponding Secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM), 1884, and Foreign Secretary; traveled to Turkey to observe ABCFM's work there and attended the World Missionary Conference in London, 1888; visited mission stations in Japan and China, 1898; attended the Ecumenical Missionary Conference in New York, 1900; died June 29, 1906.

From the description of Papers of Judson Smith, 1878-1913. (Wheaton College). WorldCat record id: 30767622