Duff, J. Arthur (James Arthur), 1899-1996.

Dates:
Birth 1899
Death 1996

Biographical notes:

Canadian businessman in China.

From the description of J. Arthur Duff papers, 1906-1996. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872248

Biographical Note

1899 November 14 Born in Kuling, China 1911 1920 Sent to live with relatives in Ontario, Canada 1920 Returned to China, went into business in Shanghai 1926 Married Jeanie Woodbridge (a China-born daughter of 13 generations of Canadian ministers and missionaries). They had five children: Woodrow, Virginia, Arthur, David, and Teddy 1939 J. Arthur Duff moved his family to the United States when the Japanese invaded China 1941 December 1942 February Escaped internment in Hong Kong 1942 Recruited by the O.S.S. and returned to China to operate as an O.S.S. agent on the Chinese mainland for the duration of the war 1945 1960 Established a highly successful manufacturing and retail business in several areas in the Far East 1960 Retired from active business becoming a world-wide wanderer 1979 Had a stroke 1990 Suffered a series of strokes, entered a nursing facility at Carewest Calistoga, California 1996 August 2 Died, California

From the guide to the J. Arthur Duff papers, 1906-1996, (Hoover Institution Archives)

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Subjects:

  • Canadians
  • Canadians
  • Missions
  • Missions
  • Secret service
  • Secret service
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945

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  • Missionaries

Places:

  • United States (as recorded)
  • China-History-Republic, 1912-1949 (as recorded)
  • China (as recorded)
  • China-Social conditions (as recorded)
  • Burma-History-Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 (as recorded)

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