Rev George William Sheppard correspondence

Publication entitled 'Some notes on the Lord's Prayer' by G W Sheppard (c1955). Letter, dated 14 June 1955, from George [Rev Sheppard] at Restingcot, 6 Avalon Rd, Orpington, Kent, to Dorothea [Lady Hosie]. Her article 'O Happy Day' in the 'Methodist Recorder'. Compiling notes on the Lord's Prayer. S...

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/China/FBN 29 (fiche 1276-1277)
Date(s) of creation: 1955-1956
Level: Sub-series
Format: Archive           
Main author: Sheppard; George William (1874-1956); ordained and medical missionary, literary editor
Other authors: Sheppard; Mary (fl 1916-1956); daughter of Rev George William Sheppard, Soothill; Dorothea (1885-1959); afterwards Hosie; Lady; author

Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/China/FBN 29 (fiche 1276-1277)
Summary: Publication entitled 'Some notes on the Lord's Prayer' by G W Sheppard (c1955). Letter, dated 14 June 1955, from George [Rev Sheppard] at Restingcot, 6 Avalon Rd, Orpington, Kent, to Dorothea [Lady Hosie]. Her article 'O Happy Day' in the 'Methodist Recorder'. Compiling notes on the Lord's Prayer. Swanwick conferences with Mary. Mary planning holiday for him in Staplefield, Sussex. Letter, dated 5 February 1956, from George [Rev Sheppard] at 6 Avalon Rd, Orpington, Kent, to Dorothea [Lady Hosie]. Current situation in China. No desire to republish his stories. Recent edition of Chinese bible. Newspaper cutting from the 'Methodist Recorder' of 8 March 1956 being Lady Hosie's tribute to the recently deceased Rev Sheppard.
Main author: Sheppard; George William (1874-1956); ordained and medical missionary, literary editor
Other authors: Sheppard; Mary (fl 1916-1956); daughter of Rev George William Sheppard, Soothill; Dorothea (1885-1959); afterwards Hosie; Lady; author
Extent: 3 items
Admin history: George William Sheppard was born in Bristol in 1874 into a Methodist Free Church household. He began his career in 1894 in the Stratton and Bude District of Cornwall before transferring two years later to London III District (Limehouse). In 1898 he relocated to the Ningpo District in China. Apart from engaging in evangelical work he was also involved in opening a hospital in Ningpo [Ningbo] itself in 1899 and a college in 1906. On 7th September 1901 Sheppard married Edith Charlotte Mead (daughter of Thomas) of Wandsworth Common, London, whom h ... View more
Access status: Open
Access conditions: Only to be viewed on microfiche
Language: English
Related material: The minutes of the United Methodist Free Churches Foreign Mission and the United Methodist Missionary Society are extant (see UMMS section of this catalogue).
Format: Archive