The Protestant Endeavor in Chinese Society,1890–1950: Gleanings from the Manuscripts of M. Searle Bates

Abstract

Miner Searle Bates, 1897–1978, was a graduate of Hiram College, Ohio; a Rhodes Scholar at St. John's College, Oxford, England, where he received both the B.A. and M.A. degrees; and earned his Ph.D. at Yale University in 1935. He taught history at the University of Nanking 1920–50, as a missionary of The United Christian Missionary Society of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), then served as Professor of Missions at Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1950–65.