About Ernest Adolphus Sturge
Lived 1856 – 1934 (aged 78). Ernest Adolphus Sturge was an American physician and missionary.
Ernest Adolphus Sturge (April 29, 1856 – October 11, 1934) was a physician and Presbyterian missionary who built hospitals in Asia. From 1886 to 1934 he was the General Superintendent of the Japanese Presbyterian Church.
Biography He was born on April 29, 1856, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Adolphus Sturge (1823-1894) and Caroline Harper (1822-1915). In 1867 his family moved to Bridgeton, New Jersey.
In 1904 he received the Order of the Rising Sun from Emperor Meiji.
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American physician, missionary (1856-1934)
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Ernest Adolphus Sturge was born on 29 April 1856 in Cleveland.
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Ernest Adolphus Sturge died on 11 October 1934 in San Francisco.
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Ernest Adolphus Sturge was a physician and missionary.
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Ernest Adolphus Sturge was American.
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