Ernest Adolphus Sturge
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Ernest Adolphus Sturge, M.D., Ph.D. (April 29, 1856 - October 11, 1934) was a physician and Presbyterian missionary who built hospitals in Asia.[1] From 1886 to 1934 he was the General Superintendent of the Japanese Presbyterian Church.[2]
Biography
He was born on April 29, 1856 in Cleveland, Ohio to Adolphus Sturge (1823-1894) and Caroline Harper (1822-1915). In 1867 his family moved to Bridgeton, New Jersey.[3]
He received an M.D. and Ph.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1880.[3]
In 1886, he was appointed as the superintendent of Japanese missions by the Presbyterian church.[4]
In 1904 he received the Order of the Rising Sun from Emperor Meiji.[3]
He died on October 11, 1934 in San Francisco.[3]
References
- ^ Brian Niiy (ed.). "Japanese American History: An A-to-Z Reference from 1868 to the Present". E. A. Sturge.
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(help) - ^ Yuji Ichioka, ed. (1974). A Buried Past: An Annotated Bibliography of the Japanese American Research Project Collection. University of California Press.
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(help) - ^ a b c d "Ernest Adolphus Sturge". San Francisco Chronicle. October 12, 1934.
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(help) - ^ "Our History". Christ United Presbyterian Church. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
Works
- The Spirit of Japan: With Selected Poems and Addresses (1923)
External links
Categories:
- 1856 births
- 1934 deaths
- American Presbyterian missionaries
- Physicians from New Jersey
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni
- People from Bridgeton, New Jersey
- Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun
- American expatriates in Japan
- Presbyterian missionaries in Japan
- Christian medical missionaries
- Healthcare in Japan