13 Facts About Henry Hodgkin

Henry Theodore Hodgkin was born on 21 April 1877 in a very affluent Quaker family of Darlington in County Durham, North East England.

Henry Hodgkin helped set up the West China Union University, a Protestant university sponsored by several Protestant churches until its closure in 1926; after 1926 the Chinese professors took over from the foreign professors, and perpetuated their work so well that this university has now been incorporated into Chengdu's various universities.

From 1910 to 1920, Henry Hodgkin returned to England, to be the Secretary of The Friends' Foreign Missionary Association.

Henry Hodgkin departed again for China in 1921, initially to deliver a series of lectures.

Henry Hodgkin received however as a result a pressing invitation to become one of the secretaries of the National Christian Council of China; he held this position from 1922 to 1929.

Henry Hodgkin kept his word immediately and initiated a first meeting at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he lectured in philosophy: an ecumenical group of about 20 people came together to reflect on the implications of war on their personal and community life.

In 1915 Henry Hodgkin travelled to New York City with a group of 66 people and convened a meeting at Union Theological Seminary that included some very influential theologians and ministers the day, including Reinhold Niebuhr.

In 1929 Henry Hodgkin was called to launch the Quaker religious and social meeting centre of Pendle Hill near Philadelphia.

Henry Hodgkin had to leave this position in 1932 for health reasons.

Henry Hodgkin's philosophy was rooted in his Quaker faith, which brought along a deep adhesion to pacifism and in a high social sensitivity.

Henry Hodgkin's views evolved from a strict English Quaker missionary's view to a more multicultural approach.

Henry Hodgkin died on 26 March 1933 in Dublin a few weeks after undergoing surgery.

Henry Hodgkin's family counted a variety of personalities who deeply influenced the region of Darlington:.