Scott, Roderick, 1885-

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Biographical Note

  • 1885: Born, Auburn, New York
  • 1902: Graduated from Haverford School, Haverford, Pennsylvania
  • 1906: Bachelor of Arts, Haverford College
  • 1907: Master of Arts, Haverford College
  • 1908: Master of Arts, Harvard University
  • 1908 - 1909 : Instructor in English, Bowdoin College
  • 1909 - 1913 : Assistant professor of English, Earlham College
  • 1913 - 1914 : Secretary in the Foreign Student YMCA, Petrograd, Russia
  • 1914 - 1915 : Secretary of the city YMCA, Vincennes, Indiana
  • 1915 - 1916 : Assistant professor in English, Oberlin College
  • 1916: Appointed by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to build a new Christian college in Fuzhou, China
  • 1916 - 1923 : Professor of English, Fukien Christian University (FCU), Fuzhou, China
  • 1919 - 1920 : 1921 - 1925 : Acting president, FCU
  • 1920 - 1930 : Dean, FCU
  • 1922 - 1923 : Graduate student, Columbia University
  • 1922 - 1923 : 1930 - 1931 : Graduate student, Union Theological Seminary
  • 1925 - 1940 : Professor of philosophy, FCU
  • 1930: Author, The Seeker Finds
  • 1933: Author, A Logic for Living
  • 1940: Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Pacific School of Religion
  • 1940 - 1949 : Professor of western culture, FCU
  • 1946: Doctor of Philosophy in Chinese philosophy, University of Southern California
  • 1947 - 1949 : Associate dean, FCU
  • Circa 1950 - 1957 : Professor of philosophy, Olivet College, Michigan
  • 1954: Author, Fukien Christian University
  • 1971: Died, Claremont, California

From the guide to the Roderick Scott papers, 1916-1967, (Hoover Institution Archives)

Relation Name
associatedWith American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. corporateBody
associatedWith Claremont Graduate School. Oral History Program. corporateBody
associatedWith Fujian xie he da xue. corporateBody
associatedWith Fukien Christian University. corporateBody
associatedWith Irwin, Georgenia F. person
associatedWith Peake, Cyrus H. person
associatedWith Rosenbaum, Arthur. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
China
Subject
Education
Universities and colleges
Missionaries
Missions
Missions, American
Occupation
Missionaries
Activity

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Birth 1885

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