GB 0102 MS 380334 - Carpenter, John Baker

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GB 0102 MS 380334 Created c1899-1926 Collection (fonds) 1 box Carpenter , John Baker , b 1874 , missionary
John Baker Carpenter was born in Cheltenham in 1874. He was educated at Cheltenham and County School and later attended Corpus Christi College, Cambridge where he graduated with a second class Theology Tripos in 1896. He was appointed to the Church Missionary Society on 30 June 1896. From 1897 to1899 he served as Curate of St. Thomas's, Birmingham. He was posted to Fukien Mission, Foochow on 6 October 1899. He served in Foochow from 1899 to 1901, and 1908 to 1911. Between 1901 and 1907, he was stationed at Futsing, and between 1911 and 1914 at Kutien. From 1915 to 1920 he taught at the Union Theological College at Foochow (later the Fukien Christian University), and from 1917 to 1920 he was Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Fukien. He returned from China in 1921. He married Edith Casson on 22 April 1901. Their son John was a missionary with the China Inland Mission.

Purchased in 1981.

Letters, papers and photographs, c1899-1926, of John Baker Carpenter, relating to his service in China. They include letters written to Carpenter from Chinese students (c1899-1921).

Items have been arranged chronologically where possible.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
Chinese documents and letters are included. Some of the Chinese letters have English translations.

Unpublished handlist.

The Church Missionary Society Archive is held at the University of Birmingham Library.

15 May 2000 Ancient religions Anglicanism Carpenter , John Baker , b 1874 , missionary China Christianity Christians Church Missionary Society Clergy East Asia Educational missionaries Educational missionary work Foochow Fu-chau Fu-chien Fujian Fukien Fukien Christian University , China x Union Theological College , Foochow, China Fuzhou Missionaries Missionary work Ordained missionaries Photographs Protestantism Protestants Religions Religious activities Religious groups Religious institutions Religious movements Visual materials Catholicism

Purchased in 1981.

Letters, papers and photographs, c1899-1926, of John Baker Carpenter, relating to his service in China. They include letters written to Carpenter from Chinese students (c1899-1921).

Items have been arranged chronologically where possible.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

• English

• Latin

Chinese documents and letters are included. Some of the Chinese letters have English translations.

Unpublished handlist.

The Church Missionary Society Archive is held at the University of Birmingham Library.

• English