About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Ad Rutschman, Andrew Langford, Augustus C. Kinney, Brett Elliott, Danny Langsdorf, Donald Firesmith, Fred von Appen, Gary Stevens (Alaska politician), George G. Bingham, George H. Burnett, George Lemuel Woods, Grant Sawyer, Harley Hunt, Howard Glenn, Jerilynn Prior, Jim Feldkamp, Joe Medicine Crow, Joe Paterson (baseball), Kenneth Scott Latourette, Landon Curt Noll, Laura Gibson, List of Linfield College people, Mark Few, Muneo Yoshikawa, Patricia J. Lancaster, Randy Mueller, Raymond Culver, Reid Blackburn, Seann Branchfield, Thomas A. McBride, Thomas B. Kay, Thomas Hurley Brents, Thomas Ryan (soccer), William Lair Hill, William Marion Ramsey. Excerpt: Kenneth Scott Latourette (August 6, 1884 - December 26, 1968) was an American historian of China, Japan, and world Christianity. His formative experiences as Christian missionary and educator in early 20th century China shaped his life's work. Although he did not learn the Chinese language, he became known for his magisterial scholarly surveys of the history of world Christianity, the history of China, and of American relations with East Asia. Latourette was born in Oregon City, Oregon, the son of DeWitt Clinton Latourette and Ella (Scott) Latourette. His mother and father both attended Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, where they both graduated in 1878. DeWitt Clinton Latourette was a lawyer in Oregon City. In 1904, Latourette was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree from Linfield College in Oregon. He continued his education in New Haven, Connecticut at Yale, earning his BA in 1906, his MA in 1907 and his PhD in 1909. From 1909 through 1910, Latourette served as a traveling secretary for the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions. In 1910, he joined the faculty of Yale-China Association's Yali School at Changsha in Hunan Province; but this period of teaching was cut short in 1912 when he was forced to return to the United States for health reasons. After recovering his health, Latourette joined the faculty at Reed College in Portland, Oregon; and from 1914 through 1916, he was a professor of history at Reed. In 1916, he accepted a position at Denison University in Granville, Ohio. His time at Denison lasted from 1916 through 1921. In 1918, while at Denison, Latourette was ordained as a Baptist minister. Latourette joined the faculty of the Yale University Divinity School in 1921. At Yale, he accepted appointment as the D. Willis James Professor of Missions and World Christianity (1921-49), and he was later made the Sterling Professor of Missions and Oriental History (1949-53). In 1938, he was named Chairman of the Department of Religion at Yale.
