Английская Википедия:Frank Houghton
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Frank Houghton (1894–1972) was an Anglican missionary bishop and author.
Biography
Houghton was born in Stafford[1] and educated at the University of London and ordained in 1917. He held curacies at St Benedict, Everton and All Saints, Preston before heading to Republican China as a missionary with the China Inland Mission in 1920. In 1923 he married Dorothy Cassels, the daughter of William Cassels, who had been a member of the Cambridge Seven and became a bishop in China. Houghton was general director of the China Inland Mission at the time when the Mission had to leave China in 1951.[2] He was Bishop of East Szechwan from 1937 to 1940.[3] Returning to England he held incumbencies at St Marks, New Milverton, Leamington and St Peter's, Drayton, Banbury. He retired in 1963 and died on 25 January 1972.[4]
Works
Houghton's books include The Two Hundred (1932); China Calling (1936); If We Believe (1952); Amy Carmichael of Dohnavur (1953); The Fire Burns On (1964); and Living Your Life (1966).[5]
He also wrote the hymns "Facing a Task Unfinished", "My Lord, Who in the Desert Fed", "O Thou Who Dost Direct My Feet" and "Thou Who Wast Rich Beyond All Splendour".[6]
See also
References
Шаблон:Christianity in Sichuan Шаблон:Anglican Missionary Bishops in China 1849-1949 Шаблон:Protestant missions to China
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897–1990 London, A & C Black 1991 Шаблон:ISBN
- ↑ Hudson's Directory, a list of members of the China Inland Mission held by the successor mission agency OMF International
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ The Times, Friday, January 28, 1972; pg. 16; Issue 58387; col F Obituary: Bishop Houghton
- ↑ British Library website accessed 31 January 2011
- ↑ Frank Houghton: Texts at Hymnary.org
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