Ranson, Charles W., 1903-1988

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)