Title
Coffin, Day Dean (1893-1973) and Edyth Crystel (Gruber) (1896–1992)
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Document Type
Encyclopedia Entry
Publication Date
5-5-2022
Encyclopedia Title
Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists
ISSN
2690-8514
Keywords
missionaries, China, medical doctor, treasurer, bookkeeper, matron
Abstract
Dr. Day and Edyth Coffin (高清瑞) served as missionaries in southern China for twenty-two years, including many years in war conditions. Day served as a medical doctor, and Edyth served as treasurer bookkeeper, and matron. They developed a medical institution at Nanning, Guangxi Province, leaving it functioning as a well-respected sixty-bed hospital, and then transferred to care for the Canton Sanitarium and Hospital in Guangdong Province.
Disciplines
Religion
ANZSRC / FoR Code
5004 Religious studies
Reportable Items
D1
Field of Education
09 Society and Culture
Staff Classification
Conjoint
Peer Review
Before publication
Avondale Research Centre
Scripture, Spirituality and Society Research Centre
Recommended Citation
Hook, M. (2022). Coffin, Day Dean (1893-1973) and Edyth Crystel (Gruber) (1896–1992). In D. Trim (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists. General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/