GB 0102 PP MS 30 - Ridge, William Sheldon and Frances

5 boxes

GB 0102 PP MS 30 Created c1917-1948 Collection (fonds) 5 boxes Ridge , Frances , b 1887 , née Butcher , nurse and missionary

Ridge , William Sheldon , 1875-1945 , teacher and journalist
Frances Butcher was born on 7 March 1887 in Lewisham, South London. She trained as a Nursing Sister at the London Temperance Hospital and at Carey Hall. On 31 July 1920 she sailed to China, where she worked as a Nursing Sister at the Tientsin Hospital for the London Missionary Society. Frances Butcher resigned her position in October 1924 when she married William Sheldon Ridge.

William Sheldon Ridge was born in Selby, Yorkshire on 10 Jan 1875, and worked as a teacher. He married Mary Louisa Craven in 1903, who died in 1923. They went out to China in 1904 when Ridge became Headmaster of the Shanghai Municipal Public School for Chinese. In 1905 he became Assistant Editor of The Shanghai Mercury, and held a series of editorships including The National Review China (1907-1916); The Peking Daily News (1917-1921); and The Far Eastern Times (1922-1926). In 1930 Ridge started The Chronicle, which he continued until 1939 when he retired. As well as doing journalistic work Ridge was Lecturer on Chinese geography and international relations at the North China Union Language School (from 1917), and Professor of English Language and Literature at the Chinese Government College of Salt Administration (from 1920) and at the Chinese Government University of Communications (from 1927). On their retirement the Ridges moved to Yenchi, and were interned by the Japanese in 1943. In 1945 Ridge died suddenly from a gall stone obstruction.

Donated in 1995.

Papers, c1917-1948, of William Sheldon Ridge, comprising photographs, manuscripts of books containing material used for his lectures on Chinese international relations, and miscellaneous papers. Includes papers relating to his wife Frances.

The material has been grouped into three classes: photographs; manuscripts of books by Ridge; miscellaneous papers.

Unrestricted.

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

Unpublished handlist.

15 May 2000 Academic teaching personnel Ancient religions Asian cultures Beijing Beijing Shi China Christianity Christians Communication personnel East Asia Educational missionaries Educational personnel International relations Journalists Lay missionaries Medical missionaries Medical personnel Medical profession Medical sciences Missionaries Missionary Society x LMS , London Missionary Society x London Missionary Society National cultures Paramedical personnel Personnel Photographs Protestantism Protestants Religions Religious groups Religious institutions Religious movements Ridge , Frances , b 1887 , née Butcher , nurse and missionary x Butcher , Frances Ridge , William Sheldon , 1875-1945 , teacher and journalist Shanghai Shanghai Shi Surgery Teachers Tianjin Travel Travel abroad Visual materials Women missionaries People by occupation People

Donated in 1995.

Papers, c1917-1948, of William Sheldon Ridge, comprising photographs, manuscripts of books containing material used for his lectures on Chinese international relations, and miscellaneous papers. Includes papers relating to his wife Frances.

The material has been grouped into three classes: photographs; manuscripts of books by Ridge; miscellaneous papers.

Unrestricted.

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

• English

• Latin

English

Unpublished handlist.

• English