Ranson, Charles W., 1903-1988

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Birth 1903-06-15
Death 1988-01-23

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Charles W. Ranson served as an Irish Methodist missionary in South India, General Secretary of the International Missionary Council, Director of the Theological Education Fund, and Dean of the Drew University Theological School.

From the description of Charles W. Ranson papers, 1938-1979 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152427

1903 Jun 15 Born in Ballyclure, Northern Ireland , son of the Rev. Henry John Fredrick and Elizabeth (Clarke) Ranson. 19xx Educated at Queens University and Edgehill Theological College, Belfast, and Oriel College, Oxford. 1929 Ordained to ministry of Methodist Church in Ireland. 1929 1943 Missionary, Madras, So. India; chaplain to the Viceroy and Governor General of India. 1932 Married Jessie Grace Margaret Gibb (d. 1957). Children: Mary Elizabeth, John Hugh, Kathleen Anne. 1937 Published A City in Transition 1940 Published The Things that Abide 1943 1945 Secretary, National Christian Council of India, Burma, and Ceylon 1945 Published The Christian Minister in India 1946 1947 Research Secretary, International Missionary Council, London 1948 1958 General Secretary, International Missionary Council 1952 D.Th, University of Kiel, Germany 1953 Published That the World May Know 1958 1964 Director, Theological Education Fund 1961 1962 President of the Methodist Church in Ireland 1962 Married Barbara B. Hicks 1962 1968 Professor of Ecumenical Theology, Drew University Theological School 1963 1967 Jan Dean, Drew Theological School 1968 1972 Professor of Theology and Ecumenics, Hartford Seminary Foundation 1971 1975 Pastor, Congregational Church, Salisbury, CT 1988 Died

From the guide to the Charles. W. Ranson Papers, 1938-1979, (Yale University Divinity School Library)

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Subjects:

  • Methodist Church
  • Methodist Church

Occupations:

  • Ecumenists
  • Educators
  • Missionaries

Places:

  • India (as recorded)
  • Ireland (as recorded)

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