Fonds F3013 - Cornelius John Lighthall Bates fonds

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Cornelius John Lighthall Bates fonds

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CA ON00340 F3013

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  • 1938-1964 (Creation)
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    Bates, Cornelius John Lighthall, 1877-1963

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7 cm of textual records

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(1877-1963)

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Cornelius John L. Bates (1877-1964), was a missionary and educator in Japan. He was born at L'Orignal, Ontario in 1877. He was educated at Queen's University, McGill University and at the Wesleyan Theological College in Montreal. After a brief pastorate at Blind River, Ontario, Rev. Bates went to Japan as a missionary in 1902 and did evangelistic work. In 1910 he was appointed Professor at Kwansei Gakuin University. In 1920 he was made President, and presided over its great expansion. In 1941, Rev. Bates returned to Canada, supplying at Knox- Metropolitan United Church in Regina and assisting at Royal York United Church in Toronto. He retired in 1946. In 1959, he visited Japan and had an audience with Emperor Hirohito. He died in 1964.

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This material forms part of the General Council program of the United Church of Canada Archive.

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Fonds consists of correspondence and addresses about his work in Japan and his attempts to have the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Dr. Toyohiko Kagawa, 1938-1964.

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  • English

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    1986.022C

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