About Mary Myfanwy Wood
Lived 1882 – 1967 (aged 84). Mary Myfanwy Wood was a British head teacher and missionary.
Mary Myfanwy Wood (aka Wu Yingzhen, Wu Ying-chen, and Wu Ying Chun) (16 September 1882 – 22 January 1967) was a British missionary in China from 1908 to 1951.
Life Wood was born in London in 1882 to Welsh parents. Her mother, Hannah, was from Swansea in south Wales and her father was from Machynlleth in west Wales. In 1926 she became a lecturer at Yenching University and by 1928 she was head of the department of religious studies. Wood travelled to both America and back to Britain to ensure that she had a modern curriculum.
Wood was appointed a Congregational minister to a small church in Hambleden in her seventies and she died in Shoreham-by-Sea in 1967.
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Who was Mary Myfanwy Wood?
Welsh missionary in China (1882-1967)
When was Mary Myfanwy Wood born?
Mary Myfanwy Wood was born on 16 September 1882 in London.
When did Mary Myfanwy Wood die?
Mary Myfanwy Wood died on 22 January 1967 in Shoreham-by-Sea, Shoreham.
What was Mary Myfanwy Wood's occupation?
Mary Myfanwy Wood was a head teacher and missionary.
What nationality was Mary Myfanwy Wood?
Mary Myfanwy Wood was British.
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