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Edward Clemens Lord

b. 1817

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About Edward Clemens Lord

Born 1817. Edward Clemens Lord was a missionary.

Edward Clemens Lord (or Edward C. Lord, D.D.) (1817–1887) was a Baptist missionary to China during the late Qing dynasty.

Early life Lord was born at Carlisle, New York, January 22, 1817.

His father was a Connecticut Yankee, his mother a native of Massachusetts. Edward had nine siblings, including a sister, Esther Lord McNeill, a temperance movement leader, who cared for Edward's children while he worked in China.

He was a graduate of the Hamilton Literary & Theological Institution. Lord died in China on 17 September 1887.

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Colgate University

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· Wikipedia: Edward Clemens Lord

· Wikidata: Q5342321

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