Dr George Arthur Stuart
BIRTH 1859
DEATH 25 Jul 1911 (aged 51–52)
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
BURIAL
Pashinjiao Cemetery (Defunct)Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
PLOT Grave No. 174
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Methodist missionary and President of Nanking University, President of the Educational Association of China, and President of the Medical Association for China.
Dr. Stuart arrived in China in 1886, accompanied by his wife Rachel Anna Golden and his daughter Mildred. The family traveled by steamship up the Yangtze River to Nanjing, where Dr. Stuart began work at the Methodist hospital under the direction of Dr. Robert C. Beebe, but was soon charged with building another hospital up the river in the town of Wuhu. George helped design the new hospital, trained doctors and staff to serve the local population, and oversaw its operation for nearly ten years. In 1896, Dr. Stuart was asked to return to Nanjing to establish a medical school at the University of Nanking (an institution that later merged with a number of others to form the present day Nanjing University). Dr. Stuart was soon appointed President of the University of Nanking, a position he held until 1908. During this period, in addition to his work at the University, he translated numerous religious and medical texts from English into Chinese, and towards the end of his life in 1911, he completed a substantial revision of
Dr George Arthur Stuart
| BIRTH | |
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| DEATH | 25 Jul 1911 (aged 51–52)
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
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| BURIAL | Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China |
| PLOT | Grave No. 174 |
| MEMORIAL ID | 115378300 · View Source |
Methodist missionary and President of Nanking University, President of the Educational Association of China, and President of the Medical Association for China.
Dr. Stuart arrived in China in 1886, accompanied by his wife Rachel Anna Golden and his daughter Mildred. The family traveled by steamship up the Yangtze River to Nanjing, where Dr. Stuart began work at the Methodist hospital under the direction of Dr. Robert C. Beebe, but was soon charged with building another hospital up the river in the town of Wuhu. George helped design the new hospital, trained doctors and staff to serve the local population, and oversaw its operation for nearly ten years. In 1896, Dr. Stuart was asked to return to Nanjing to establish a medical school at the University of Nanking (an institution that later merged with a number of others to form the present day Nanjing University). Dr. Stuart was soon appointed President of the University of Nanking, a position he held until 1908. During this period, in addition to his work at the University, he translated numerous religious and medical texts from English into Chinese, and towards the end of his life in 1911, he completed a substantial revision of F. Porter Smith's Chinese Materia Medica, a detailed description of Chinese herbs and their medical uses.¹
Married Rachel Anna Golden on Oct 26, 1882 in Van Meter, Dallas Co., Iowa.
Father of Hope Stuart, Alcy Orma (Stuart) Rasmussen Moore, Anna May (Stuart) Congdon, Arthur Abram Stuart, Mildred Esther Stuart, Dr. George Golden Stuart, Vera Alice (Stuart) Maurer, and Charles Melvin Stuart.
Died of Bright's disease at No. 174a North Szechuen Road, Shanghai.
Dr. Stuart arrived in China in 1886, accompanied by his wife Rachel Anna Golden and his daughter Mildred. The family traveled by steamship up the Yangtze River to Nanjing, where Dr. Stuart began work at the Methodist hospital under the direction of Dr. Robert C. Beebe, but was soon charged with building another hospital up the river in the town of Wuhu. George helped design the new hospital, trained doctors and staff to serve the local population, and oversaw its operation for nearly ten years. In 1896, Dr. Stuart was asked to return to Nanjing to establish a medical school at the University of Nanking (an institution that later merged with a number of others to form the present day Nanjing University). Dr. Stuart was soon appointed President of the University of Nanking, a position he held until 1908. During this period, in addition to his work at the University, he translated numerous religious and medical texts from English into Chinese, and towards the end of his life in 1911, he completed a substantial revision of F. Porter Smith's Chinese Materia Medica, a detailed description of Chinese herbs and their medical uses.¹
Married Rachel Anna Golden on Oct 26, 1882 in Van Meter, Dallas Co., Iowa.
Father of Hope Stuart, Alcy Orma (Stuart) Rasmussen Moore, Anna May (Stuart) Congdon, Arthur Abram Stuart, Mildred Esther Stuart, Dr. George Golden Stuart, Vera Alice (Stuart) Maurer, and Charles Melvin Stuart.
Died of Bright's disease at No. 174a North Szechuen Road, Shanghai.
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Married Rachel Anna Golden on Oct 26, 1882 in Van Meter, Dallas Co., Iowa.
Father of Hope Stuart, Alcy Orma (Stuart) Rasmussen Moore, Anna May (Stuart) Congdon, Arthur Abram Stuart, Mildred Esther Stuart, Dr. George Golden Stuart, Vera Alice (Stuart) Maurer, and Charles Melvin Stuart.
Died of Bright's disease at No. 174a North Szechuen Road, Shanghai.
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Children
Rachel Stuart
1886–1887
George Golden Stuart
1889–1948
Vera Alice Stuart Maurer
1896–1992Gravesite Details Information from Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad 1911; ¹ Stanford University Libraries: Hummel Collection Highlights - Dr. George A. Stuart.
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Rest in peace.
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