Rev William Arthur Cornaby papers

Papers of William Arthur Cornaby comprising: Correspondence, mainly with his family (including his brother Henry and his niece Annie), 1885-1893. A few letters are incomplete. Chinese passport, 1902. Notes, including some for sermons, undated. Brief extracts from his journal, undated. Typescript man...

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/China/FBN 29 (fiche 1273-1275)
Date(s) of creation: c1885-c1958
Level: Sub-series
Format: Archive           
Main author: Cornaby; William Arthur (1861-1921); ordained and educational missionary, literary editor and author
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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/China/FBN 29 (fiche 1273-1275)
Summary: Papers of William Arthur Cornaby comprising: Correspondence, mainly with his family (including his brother Henry and his niece Annie), 1885-1893. A few letters are incomplete. Chinese passport, 1902. Notes, including some for sermons, undated. Brief extracts from his journal, undated. Typescript manuscript by Cornaby entitled 'An Old Prescription and a Prayer' (July 1906). Annotated typescript manuscript by Cornaby entitled 'A Journey up the Han, May 1897'. Printed article by Cornaby entitled 'Reversion and Reform', undated. Image of a ?sage from unidentified book, undated. Cornaby Family Tree, c1958.
Main author: Cornaby; William Arthur (1861-1921); ordained and educational missionary, literary editor and author
Extent: 1 folder
Admin history: William Arthur Cornaby was born in Sydenham in London on 19th June 1861, the sixth child in a family of 12 children. He attended the School of Mines in South Kensington and became a chemistry demonstrator at Clifton College in Bristol. In 1883 he decided to enter the ministry and was admitted to Richmond College in that year. Following two years at the college he was sent out to Hankow [Wuhan] in central China as a missionary with the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society. In 1889 he married Margaret Baker and in 1895 was appointed to Hanyang w ... View more
Custodial history: Donated to the Methodist Missionary Society by Mr and Mrs J. R. Hart in 1958. John R Hart was the grandson of W.A. Cornaby.
Access status: Open
Access conditions: Only to be viewed on microfiche
Copyright: Copyright probably held by Methodist Missionary Society.
User restrictions: For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
Language: English
Chinese
Related material: Also within the records of the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society is the official correspondence for William Cornaby (MMS/China/Correspondence/ Wuchang/FBN 18-20 & MMS/China/Correspondence/South China/FBN 11-12). Furthermore, the synod minutes will detail the work of William Cornaby, and his colleagues, in the Hankow/Wuchang district (MMS/China/Synod Minutes/FBN 1-4).
Format: Archive           
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