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Arthur Judson Brown
1856–1963
A Presbyterian leader with a globe-spanning view, he wrote about missions, world affairs, and faith after decades of travel and church service. He also lived long enough to leave behind the rare perspective of a centenarian reflecting on a changing century.
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New Forces in Old China: An Inevitable Awakening
by Arthur Judson Brown
About the author
Arthur Judson Brown was an American clergyman, missionary leader, and author, born on December 3, 1856, in Holliston, Massachusetts, and ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1883. After serving churches in Portland, Oregon, and Oak Park, Illinois, he became a major figure in Protestant foreign missions.
From 1895 to 1929, he served as general secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, a role that put him at the center of international missionary work during a period of major change in Asia and beyond. His writing grew out of that experience, combining religious conviction with close attention to the countries and cultures he encountered.
Brown remained active as a writer well into old age and published Memoirs of a Centenarian after turning 100. He died on January 11, 1963, at the age of 106, leaving a body of work shaped by unusually long life, wide travel, and deep involvement in the missionary movement.