1896 — 1987

Folke Anders Adrian Boberg

Swedish Missionary in Mongolia.

Born in Kisa, Ostergotland, Sweden, Boberg prepared for mission work at the Swedish Alliance Mission Bible Institute in Jonkoping (1919-1920) and at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois (1920-1922). From 1922 until 1951, he served as a missionary of the Swedish Pentecostal churches to Inner Mongolia (in present-day China). While there, he engaged in evangelism and lexicographical work. The fruit of his labors appeared in the highly acclaimed Mongolian-English Dictionary, 3 vols. (1954). Several Swedish foundations (e.g., The Lang-mans Cultural Fund) underwrote his publications.

Attribution

This article is reprinted from Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions, Macmillan Reference USA, copyright (c) 1998 Gerald H. Anderson, by permission of The Gale Group; Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan. All rights reserved.

Sources

Boberg's books also include Med fridsbudskapet till Mongoliet (With the peace mission to Mongolia, 1931), Bland pilgrimer i Djungis Khans land (With the pioneers in Genghis Kahn land, 1945), Mongolia as a Mission Field (1916), and Lessons in the Mongolian Language (1946).

About the Author

Gary B. McGee

Professor of Church History, Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, Springfield, Missouri, USA

Mei Yiqi

1889 — 1962

Mei became president of Tsinghua University in Beijing in 1931. During the difficult years of the Anti-Japanese War, he was president of Southwest United University (a consortium of China's best universities) in Kunming, Yunnan.

Jean Joseph Marie Amiot

1718 — 1793

Jesuit missionary and author at the court of the Chinese emperor.

Louise Desgraz

1843 — 1907

Faithful member of the early CIM team in China; head of the Chinese children’s home and school; devoted caregiver for Hudson Taylor’s children; “executive secretary” of the CIM in London while Taylor was in China; tireless nurse to Hudson Taylor and his children in times of illness; leader of the Girls' Department of the Chefoo School.