Eddy, Sherwood, 1871-1963
Variant namesYMCA secretary for Asia, evangelist and author.
From the description of Letter of Sherwood Eddy, 1932. (Wheaton College). WorldCat record id: 31743372
George Sherwood Eddy was born in Leavenworth, Kansas on January 19, 1871. He prepared at Phillips-Andover Academy in Massachusetts from 1887-1888 and earned a Ph.B. degree from Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University in 1891. He attended Union Theological Seminary and graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary, 1891-1896. Eddy worked for the YMCA, Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions, and American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. He was appointed YMCA secretary for Asia in 1911. He taught at Illinois College and MacMurray College in 1949. Eddy wrote and published numerous books and pamphlets from 1895-1955. He died in Jacksonville, Illinois on November 4, 1963.
From the description of George Sherwood Eddy papers, 1851-1981 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702165167
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1871, January 19:
Born Leavenworth, Kansas, son of George Alfred and Margaret Louise Norton Eddy -
1887:
1888:
Preparatory School at Phillips-Andover Academy, Massachusetts -
1891:
Ph.B. Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University -
1891 -1896 :Worked for Y.M.C.A. and Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions in New York City; Attended Union Theological Seminary; Graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary -
1896 -1911 :Worked in India under auspices of the International Committee of the Y.M.C.A. and the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions; Traveling Secretary for the S.V.M. in India and Ceylon; While visiting in India, Eddy's mother organized the Kodaikanal School -
1898, November 10:
Married Alice Maud Harriet Arden (1873-1945) - Children: Margaret M. (d. 1932); Arden (d. 1917) -
1907:
Attended Tokyo Conference of the World Student Christian Federation -
1911:
Appointed Y.M.C.A. Secretary for Asia; Worked with students of Japan, Karea, China, India, the Near East and Russia--an honorary worker without salary; Addressed Chinese provincial parliaments and boards of government institutions. -
1912:
1913:
Held evangelistic meetings with John R. Mott throughout Asia -
1915 -1917 :Y.M.C.A. Secretary working with British and American armies in France during World War I -
1916:
M.A. (Honorary) LL.D. College of Wooster; M.A. (Honorary) Yale -
1921 -1957 :Led traveling seminars to England and the continent; more than 1500 American leaders participated -
1931:
Retired from the Y.M.C.A. -
1936:
Aided in organization of the interracial Delta Cooperative Farms in Mississippi -
1946:
Married Catherine Louise Gates -
1949:
Moved to Jacksonville, Illinois; Taught at Illinois College and MacMurray College -
1895 -1955 :Wrote and published numerous books and pamphlets including God in History (1947), You Will Survive After Death (1950), and his autobiography, Eighty Adventurous Years (1955). -
1963, November 4:
Died Jacksonville, Illinois
Biographical information taken from: Who Was Who in America, Volume IV 1961-1968, Sherwood Eddy, Eighty Adventurous Years, and Biographical Documentation, Series IV
From the guide to the George Sherwood Eddy Papers, 1851-1981, (Yale University Divinity School Library)
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