- George Heber Jones
caption=George Heber Jones (front center) during a 1906 visit to the Honolulu Methodist Church
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mr1=ChonsŭGeorge Heber Jones (
14 August 1867 -11 May 1919 ) was an American Christian missionary inKorea . Jones, who grew up in Utica,New York , is notable as the first Protestant missionary inKorea who took an academic approach to the research of Korean religions. He arrived in Korea in 1887 as a Methodist minister; while there, he not only made major contributions to the spread ofChristianity in Korea , but also founded three academic journals: "The Korean Repository", "The Korean Review", and "Shinhak Wolbo" (Theology Monthly). [cite conference|booktitle=Korean Studies: New Pacific Currents|editor=Dae-sook Suh|last=Kim|first=Chong-suh|title=Early Western Studies of Korean Religions|pages=148-150|date=1994|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|id=ISBN 082481598X] [cite encyclopedia|title=Jones, George Heber|pages=340-341|last=Anderson|first=Gerald Harry|encyclopedia=Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing|date=1999|id=ISBN 0802846807] He also played a significant role in encouragingKorean migration to Hawaii ; of the first ship of Koreanmigrant labor ers bound forHawaii to work onsugar plantation s there, which departed on22 December ,1902 , more than half came from his church inIncheon . [cite book|title=The Korean Americans|publisher=Greenwood Press|date=1998|last=Hurh|first=Won-moo|pages=22|id=ISBN 031329741X] [cite conference|publisher=Center for Korean Studies, The University of Hawaii at Manoa|booktitle=Centennial Celebration of Korean Immigration to the United States|date=2002|accessdate=2007-09-29|url=http://www.korean-studies.info/pdf/churchm2.pdf|format=PDF|title=Early Membership of Korean Methodist Churches in Hawaii|last=Lee-Murabayashi|first=Duk-hee] In July 1907, he was the subject of a murder attempt;Yale University professorGeorge Trumbull Ladd attributed the attack to opinions Jones had expressed in an article he wrote about the suppression of a Korean riot, in which he praised the Japanese police. [cite news|last=Ladd|first=George Trumbull|title=Koreans a Bloody Race; Attempted Assassination of Mr. Stevens Not an Isolated Case|date=1908-03-26|accessdate=2007-09-21|publisher=The New York Times|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9502E5DB1639E333A25755C2A9659C946997D6CF] In general, Jones had a high opinion of Koreans but not of Korean culture; in particular, he wrote high praise for Korean migrants in Hawaii, attributing their success in their adopted land to their liberation from "the oppressive weight of past tradition, language, [and] association". [cite book|title=The Ilse: First-Generation Korean Immigrants in Hawaii, 1903-1973|last=Patterson|first=Wayne|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|pages=31-33|date=2000|id=ISBN 0824822412] He died inMiami ,Florida on11 May 1919 after a long illness; his funeral was held in Leonia,New Jersey four days later. [cite news|title=Obituary #1|date=1919-05-13 |accessdate=2007-09-30|publisher=The New York Times|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9907E3DC163AE03ABC4B52DFB3668382609EDE] [cite news|title=Obituary #2|date=1919-05-14 |accessdate=2007-09-29|publisher=The New York Times|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B0CE5DB163AE03ABC4C52DFB3668382609EDE]References
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