Henry T. (Henry Theodore) Hodgkin

Born in 1877, Henry Theodore Hodgkin trained as a physician and became closely associated with the Quaker tradition. He worked in China as a medical missionary, an experience that shaped much of his thinking and helped widen his sympathy for people of different faiths and backgrounds.

He later played important roles in the Friends Foreign Mission Association and the Student Christian Movement, and he was one of the founders of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. His writing and public work reflected a strong concern for peace, spiritual honesty, and the possibility of genuine fellowship across national and religious lines.

Hodgkin died in 1933, but he is still remembered as a figure who linked faith with service and international friendship. His books and speeches show a thoughtful, searching mind that tried to hold together Christian conviction, humility, and a respect for other people’s experience of God.