Hunt, Bruce F.

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Presbyterian missionary; born Bruce Finley Hunt on June 4, 1903 in Pyeng, Korea; grew up in Korea where his parents were Presbyterian missionaries; educated at Wheaton College and Rutgers University (1919-1924), Princeton Seminary (1924-1928) and Westminster Seminary; went to Chungju, Korea with the Presbyterian Board for Foreign Missions in 1928 and shortly afterward transferred to the Independent Board for Foreign Missions; married Katherine Blair, 1935; after furlough, returned to Manchuria; arrested for refusal to participate in emperor worship, 1941; arrested again after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941; returned to the United States, 1942; returned to Korea, 1946, and served there until retirement in 1976.

From the description of Oral history interviews with Bruce F. Hunt, 1980-1982. (Wheaton College). WorldCat record id: 30419151

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