George Moule

George Evans Moule /ˈmoʊl/ (January 28, 1828, Gillingham, Dorset – March 3, 1912, Auckland Castle) was an Anglican missionary^[1] in China^[2] and the first Anglican bishop of mid-China.^[3]

Biography

He was the second of eight sons of Henry Moule, an inventor and the vicar of Fordington, Dorset and his wife Mary Mullett Moule née Evans.^[4] He graduated from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1850.^[5] He was made a Doctor of Divinity in 1880 and in 1905 was made an honorary Fellow of the college. In 1857 he was accepted by the Church Missionary Society and arrived in Ningbo in 1858. In 1861 he was joined there by his brother Arthur Evans Moule. They survived the Taiping Rebellion, and in 1864 he began missionary work in Hangzhou, remaining there until 1874. In 1880 he was made Bishop of Mid-China,^[6] with the seat of the diocese at Hangzhou. He was known to develop Zhejiang into a strong diocese.^[7] He resigned as bishop in 1907, and returned to England in 1911, to die the next year at the residence of his younger brother Handley Moule, the Bishop of Durham.^[8]

Family

Moule and his wife Adelaide had seven children, four of whom (George Moule, C. F. Moule, Henry W. Moule, and Arthur C. Moule) survived him. Their daughter Adelaide Mary Moule (1859-1901) also worked as a missionary in China,^[9] as did their sons Henry and Arthur and another daughter, Jane F. Moule. Arthur C. Moule (1873-1957) became a noted sinologist, serving as Professor of Chinese at Cambridge 1933–1938.

References

^ CMS Archive Archived 2008-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
^ “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
^ Rootsweb
^ "Moule, George Evans (ML844GE)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ Consecration of Bishops at St. Paul'sThe Times Friday, Oct 29, 1880; pg. 8; Issue 30025; col G
^ Wickeri, Philip L. (2017-02-02), "Anglicanism in China and East Asia, 1819–1912", The Oxford History of Anglicanism, Volume III, Oxford University Press, pp. 318–337, doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199699704.003.0015, ISBN 9780199699704, retrieved 2018-07-20
^ Obituary Bishop G. E. Moule. The Times Monday, Mar 04, 1912; pg. 11; Issue 39837; col E
^ The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal, Volume 33, Presbyterian Mission Press, Shanghai, 1902, p. 27

External links

a short bio of Moule, with pictures

This article about an Anglican bishop is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] CMS Archive Archived 2008-07-23 at the Wayback Machine

[2] “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7

[3] "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889

[4] Rootsweb

[5] "Moule, George Evans (ML844GE)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[6] Consecration of Bishops at St. Paul'sThe Times Friday, Oct 29, 1880; pg. 8; Issue 30025; col G

[7] Wickeri, Philip L. (2017-02-02), "Anglicanism in China and East Asia, 1819–1912", The Oxford History of Anglicanism, Volume III, Oxford University Press, pp. 318–337, doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199699704.003.0015, ISBN 9780199699704, retrieved 2018-07-20

[8] Obituary Bishop G. E. Moule. The Times Monday, Mar 04, 1912; pg. 11; Issue 39837; col E

[9] The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal, Volume 33, Presbyterian Mission Press, Shanghai, 1902, p. 27

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

v t e Anglican Missionary Bishops in China, 1849–1949
Shensi	Shen Zigao Newton Liu
Chekiang	William Russell George Moule Herbert Molony John Curtis Kimber Den
North China	Charles Scott Frank Norris Thomas Scott
Western Szechwan	John Holden Song Cheng-tsi
Eastern Szechwan	William Cassels Howard Mowll John Holden Frank Houghton Kenneth Bevan
Shantung	Geoffrey Iliff Thomas Scott John Wellington
Fukien	Horace Price John Hind Christopher Sargent Michael Chang
Honan	William White Lindel Tsen
Kwangsi and Hunan	William Banister John Holden Percy Stevens

v t e Protestant missions to China
Background	Protestantism in China Protestantism in Sichuan Chinese history Missions timeline Christianity in China Nestorians Jesuits Protestant missions in China 1807–1953
People	David Howard Adeney Mary Ann Aldersey Roland Allen Thomas J. Arnold Gladys Aylward Joseph Beech John Birch William Jones Boone Pearl S. Buck John Burdon Thomas Cochrane Hunter Corbett Jonathan Goforth Frederick Graves Karl Gützlaff Francis Hanson Laura Askew Haygood Elizabeth G. K. Hewat Jennie V. Hughes Robert A. Jaffray Carl C. Jeremiassen Griffith John Walter Judd James Legge Eric Liddell Robert Samuel Maclay Lottie Moon Robert Morrison George Moule Gideon Nye David Paton Karl Ludvig Reichelt Timothy Richard Issachar Jacox Roberts Charles Scott Cambridge Seven George Smith Vincent John Stanton John and Betty Stam John Leighton Stuart Elwood Gardner Tewksbury Hudson Taylor Thomas Torrance William C. White (more missionaries)
Missionary agencies	American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions American Methodist Episcopal Mission Canadian Methodist Mission China Inland Mission Church Mission Society London Missionary Society National Christian Council US Presbyterian Mission Protestant Episcopal Church Mission List of Protestant missionary societies in China (1807–1953)
Colleges and universities	United Board University of Shanghai Cheeloo University Ginling College University of Nanking Soochow University Yenching University St. John's University Hangchow University Fukien Christian University Lingnan University College of Yale-in-China Huachung University West China Union University Peking Union Medical College Methodist Episcopal Church Hwa Nan College English Presbyterian Mission Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui Oberlin Shansi Memorial Association Reformed Church in the United States
Impact	Bible translations into Chinese Medical missions in China Manchurian revival Chinese Christian colleges Chinese hymnody Chinese Roman Type Minnan Roman Type Foochow Roman Type Anti-footbinding Anti-opium
Pivotal events	Taiping Rebellion First Opium War Second Opium War Unequal treaty Yangzhou riot Tianjin Massacre Kucheng Massacre Boxer Crisis 1911 Revolution Chinese Civil War Second Sino-Japanese War People's Republic
Publications	The Chinese Repository Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal The Christian Occupation of China Journal of the West China Border Research Society The West China Missionary News