The Measure of a Man: The Life of William Ambrose Shedd, Missionary to Persia : : With a Biography of W. A. Shedd by Heleen (H.L.) Murre-van den Berg / / Mary Lewis Shedd.
This book gives the biography of William Ambrose Shedd (1876-1918), written by Mary Lewis Shedd, the wife of his last years. W. A. Shedd was an American Protestant missionary who was born in Urmia, Iran, and spent most of his life there among the Assyrian Christians of northwestern Iran. He received...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2006] ©2006 |
Year of Publication: | 2006 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (300 p.) :; 11 |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM AMBROSE SHEDD -- INTRODUCTION -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- CHAPTER I. GOODLY HERITAGE -- CHAPTER II. EARLY INFLUENCES AND EDUCATION -- CHAPTER III. THE YOUNG MISSIONARY -- CHAPTER IV. LEGAL AND POLITICAL WORK -- CHAPTER V. EDUCATIONAL AND MOHAMMEDAN WORK -- CHAPTER VI. PREACHER AND SCHOLAR -- CHAPTER VII. HOME LIFE -- CHAPTER VIII. THE ADVOCATE OF THE CAPTIVES -- CHAPTER IX. IN THE DEN OF LIONS -- CHAPTER X. ABIDING I N T H E SHADOWS -- CHAPTER XI. SALVAGE -- CHAPTER XII. THE INTERLUDE -- CHAPTER XIII. HOW BEST TO SERVE -- CHAPTER XIV. STATESMAN AND MEDIATOR -- CHAPTER XV. THE FINISHED TASK -- CHAPTER XVI. THE THINGS THAT REMAIN |
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Summary: | This book gives the biography of William Ambrose Shedd (1876-1918), written by Mary Lewis Shedd, the wife of his last years. W. A. Shedd was an American Protestant missionary who was born in Urmia, Iran, and spent most of his life there among the Assyrian Christians of northwestern Iran. He received his education in Princeton. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781463211493 9783111024141 9783110663037 |
DOI: | 10.31826/9781463211493 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Mary Lewis Shedd. |