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Thwing (EDWARD WAITE an American)

EDWARD WAITE, an American missionary; born in Boston in 1868. In 1886 he graduated from the University of the City of New York, then took a full course through the Princeton Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1892. He was immediately ordained a Presbyterian minister and sent as a missionary to China, where he became pastor in south China. In 1895 he became professor of theology and natural philosophy in the Christian College at Canton, where he remained until 1898, when he returned to the United States. In 1901 he was appointed superintendent of Chinese missionary work in Hawaii, which position he retained until 1909, when he was appointed Chinese secretary of the International Reform Bureau. He acted as legislative agent for the bureau at the World Conference of Nations on Opium, held in Shanghai, Peking.

THYESTES. See ATREUS.