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Coffin, Day Dean (1893-1973) and Edyth Crystel (Gruber) (1896–1992)

avondale-bepress.context-key34491358
avondale-bepress.submission-pathesda/565
avondale.affiliateHook, Milton
avondale.departmentScripture, Spirituality and Society Research Centre
avondale.facultyTheology
avondale.reporting.isPeerReviewedPeer Reviewed
avondale.reporting.versionPublished Version
dc.contributor.authorHook, Milton
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-01T00:35:54Z
dc.date.available2023-11-01T00:35:54Z
dc.date.issued2022-05-05
dc.date.submitted2023-03-26T20:36:03Z
dc.description.abstract<p>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.</p>
dc.identifier.citation<p>Hook, M. (2022). Coffin, Day Dean (1893-1973) and Edyth Crystel (Gruber) (1896–1992). In D. Trim (Ed.), <em>Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists</em>. General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/</p>
dc.identifier.issn2690-8514
dc.identifier.urihttps://research.avondale.edu.au/handle/1897/34491358
dc.language.isoen_us
dc.relation.ispartofEncyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists
dc.relation.urihttps://encyclopedia.adventist.org/article?id=58BI
dc.subjectmissionaries
dc.subjectChina
dc.subjectmedical doctor
dc.subjecttreasurer
dc.subjectbookkeeper
dc.subjectmatron
dc.titleCoffin, Day Dean (1893-1973) and Edyth Crystel (Gruber) (1896–1992)
dc.typeEncyclopedia Entry

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