Roberts Memorial Hospital Explained

Roberts Memorial Hospital was a mission hospital established by the London Missionary Society in T'sangchou, China in 1903.[1]

The hospital was supposed to open in 1899, but it sustained damage during the Boxer Rebellion.[2] [3]

It was named after Dr. Fred C. Roberts, a London Missionary Society missionary who led the Tientsin Mission Hospital and Dispensary 1888 until his death in 1894.[4] Brothers and medical missionaries Dr. Arthur Davies Peill and Dr. Sidney George Peill were among the hospitals first staff members.

References

  1. Web site: Roberts Memorial Hospital Photographs - Archives Hub. archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. 2019-12-08.
  2. Web site: Hospital and Medical Institutions Search: hospital, memorial, roberts Western Medicine in China, 1800-1950. ulib.iupui.edu. 2019-12-08.
  3. Web site: New donation: Photographs of the Roberts Memorial Hospital, China – Special Collections, SOAS Library. Collections. Special. Library. SOAS. en-GB. 2019-12-08.
  4. Book: Bryson, Mary. Fred C. Roberts. H.R. Allenson. 1895. London.

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