Henry Winters Luce (June 24, 1868– December 7, 1941) was an American missionary and educator in China. He was the father of the publisher Henry R. Luce.
In 1897, Luce married Elizabeth Root, was ordained, and sent to China by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions.[1] In total, he spent 31 years in the country with Elizabeth, and where their four children were born, Henry, Emmavail, Elisabeth, and Sheldon.[2]
henry, luce, henry, winters, luce, june, 1868, december, 1941, american, missionary, educator, china, father, publisher, henry, luce, bornhenry, winters, luce, 1868, june, 1868scranton, pennsylvania, died7, december, 1941, 1941, aged, haverford, pennsylvania, . Henry Winters Luce June 24 1868 December 7 1941 was an American missionary and educator in China He was the father of the publisher Henry R Luce Henry W LuceBornHenry Winters Luce 1868 06 24 24 June 1868Scranton Pennsylvania U S Died7 December 1941 1941 12 07 aged 73 Haverford Pennsylvania U S Alma materYale UniversityOccupationChristian MissionaryChildren4 including Henry R Luce Contents 1 Biography 2 Honors 3 References 4 Further readingBiography EditBorn in Scranton Pennsylvania Luce graduated from Yale University in 1892 After graduation he stayed at Union Seminary in New York for 2 years before his seminary training at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1896 1 In 1897 Luce married Elizabeth Root was ordained and sent to China by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions 1 In total he spent 31 years in the country with Elizabeth and where their four children were born Henry Emmavail Elisabeth and Sheldon 2 Luce was a professor at Cheeloo University in Jinan China where he led fundraising efforts and served as vice president for a short time He also helped to initiate the Yale in China Association In 1928 he accepted a professorship at the Kennedy School of Missions in Hartford Connecticut He held this position until his retirement in 1935 1 He died in Haverford Pennsylvania 3 Honors EditOne of Luce s sons Henry R Luce established a grant making foundation as a tribute to his parents 2 Luce Memorial Chapel designed by I M Pei and situated on the campus of Tunghai University Taichung Taiwan is named after Henry W Luce Construction of the chapel was sponsored by Henry R Luce References Edit a b c Neely Alan Henry Winters Luce 1868 1941 Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity a b History The Henry Luce Foundation Retrieved 20 November 2020 Henry Winters Luce geni com GENI Retrieved 18 January 2023 Further reading EditBrinkley Alan The Publisher Henry Luce and His American Century Alfred A Knopf 2010 531 pp online This biographical article about person in connection with Christianity is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henry W Luce amp oldid 1149903661, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
